Trump spoke on Taiwan. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: This is our internal matter

The issue of Taiwan is the internal matter of China – said on Monday the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, commenting on the words of US President Donald Trump, that the Chinese leader XI Jinping assured him that he was not planning an invasion of the island for his presidency.

A spokeswoman for the Mao Ning ministry pointed out during a press briefing that the decision on “the way Taiwan (the issue of Taiwan – PAP) belongs to the Chinese nation.” – We will do everything in our power to strive for peaceful unification. However, we will never let anyone, no strength to break away Taiwan from China in any way – she added.

According to Trump's statement, the Chinese leader was to assure him that Beijing would not attack Taiwan as long as Trump held the office of the head of state – CNN said on Sunday, referring to the Friday interview of the US President for Fox News.

The communist authorities in Beijing say that Taiwan is part of China, despite the fact that they have never actually controlled this territory. XI maintains that “unification of the homeland” is inevitable and is a condition for “the great revival of the Chinese nation.” Does not exclude armed intervention for this purpose.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-Te, called by Beijing a “separatist”, repeatedly emphasized that Taiwan and China “are not subordinated” and only Taiwanese can decide about the future of their country.

From Beijing Krzysztof Pawliszak (PAP)

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