Beijing: Punitive measures against extremists seeking to separate Taiwan from China are legitimate and justified

Beijing-Sana

China affirmed that the punitive measures it imposed on separatists seeking the so-called "Taiwan independence" were carried out on legitimate and justified legal grounds.

"No one has the right to jeopardize China's sovereignty, security and development interests or to escape punishment provided by national law," Xinhua quoted Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, as telling reporters on Monday.

Guang said the DPP authorities and a handful of extremist separatists had arbitrarily undermined relations across the Taiwan Strait, supported the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and US Congress members to the island, and conspired with outside powers to make provocations in order to advance their separatist agenda, and they should bear the responsibility of endangering the island. Peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait at risk.

He noted that taking resolute measures against fanatical separatists seeking the so-called "Taiwan independence" is only a step to safeguard China's sovereignty, territorial integrity and territorial integrity, a necessary task of safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and basic requirements for promoting the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

"If the DPP authorities continue to press ahead against the trend of history and the common good of our nation and encourage and support fanatical separatists to make provocations or even advance the so-called 'Taiwan independence' agenda to the end, we will take further necessary steps to thwart any attempt to split China," Guang said. strictly.”

Yesterday, Beijing announced imposing sanctions on seven Taiwanese government officials and politicians for supporting the separatist agenda in Taiwan and banning them from visiting or doing business with the Chinese mainland.

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