Truss summoned Zheng Zeguang earlier today, stressing that China’s “increasingly aggressive behavior” following the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatens peace and stability in the region around Taiwan.
The Chinese embassy in London today condemned Britain’s “irresponsible rhetoric” after Foreign Secretary Liz Truss summoned the Chinese ambassador to the UK to explain Beijing’s actions on Taiwan.
Truss summoned Zheng Zeguang earlier today, stressing that China’s “increasingly aggressive behavior” following the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatens peace and stability in the region around Taiwan.
Zheng “strongly rejected and strongly condemned the British side’s irresponsible rhetoric on China’s legitimate and necessary response to the US House Speaker’s visit to Taiwan” in a meeting with a senior British Foreign Office official, it said. the Chinese embassy on Twitter.
It is crystal clear who provoked the tension in the Taiwan strait. The US side and “Taiwan independence” forces should be held responsible for the escalation of tensions.
— Chinese Embassy in UK (@ChineseEmbinUK) August 10, 2022
“Taiwan is an integral part of China’s territory. No foreign country, including the United Kingdom, has the right to interfere in China’s internal affairs,” the post said.
Taiwan is an inseparable part of China’s territory. No foreign country, UK included, has the right to meddle with the internal affairs of China. What UK should do is to follow through on its pledge on the one-China principle and rectify any behavior which is to the contrary.
— Chinese Embassy in UK (@ChineseEmbinUK) August 10, 2022
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