Beijing-Sana
A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, Ma Xiaoguang, announced that his country opposes Taiwan's participation in any economic and trade arrangements of an official nature or the signing of any agreement in this regard.
Commenting on some US officials' demand that Washington invite Taiwan to join the so-called "Indo-Pacific Economic Framework", Xinhua News Agency quoted Ma Xiao as saying today: "The US administration continues to promote the "Indo-Pacific" concept and follows the strategy of this concept, which In essence, it is an attempt to create small, divisive circles in order to contain China.”
"No matter what economic framework Taiwan wants to join, it must be done on the basis of observing the one-China principle," the Chinese official added, noting that the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party's attempt to enter such circles fully reveals its nature of dependence on the United States. In pursuit of the so-called "Taiwan independence" and provoke the Chinese mainland.
Ma Xiao also denounced the Taiwan Democratic Progressive Party's use of slander and intimidation tactics against mainland Chinese companies operating in Taiwan, stressing that such methods aim to provoke confrontation between the two sides of the Straits.
Last month, China confirmed the readiness and readiness of its army to take all necessary means to resolutely confront any provocation that undermines the country's core interests and destabilizes the Taiwan Strait.
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