(ANSA) - BEIJING, 09 OCT - Only the 23 million Taiwanese have the right to decide "the future and development" of the island. The Taipei Council for Affairs with China, in response to the opinions on reunification relaunched today by President Xi Jinping, replied that, faced with the ambitions of the Chinese Communist Party, President TsaiIng-wen has repeatedly reiterated that "she will not yield or advance. ", strongly defending national sovereignty and security and continuing to deepen cooperation with friendly countries.
At the same time, the island will "strive to maintain the status of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait," said a statement.
The invitation to the Beijing authorities is to abandon the provocative measures of intrusion and destruction and to think more and more openly about the key to the interaction between "peace, reciprocity, democracy and dialogue".
The Taiwanese system is democratic and free, creates a thriving society and maintains peace across the Taiwan Strait. The efforts of stability have been unanimously affirmed by the international community, which shows that "the historical tendency is not on the side of autocratic hegemony".
The Council also stressed that "the crucial point of current relations across the Strait lies in Beijing's reluctance to confront Taiwan, the Republic of China, without giving up the use of force against Taiwan".
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