NEW DELHI: Amid reports that India is seeking to initiate discussions for a trade agreement With Taiwan, China called on New Delhi to approach Taiwan-related issues prudently, while insisting that there is only one China and that Taiwan is its inalienable part.
While reports of a trade deal with Taiwan were not officially confirmed by any Indian agency, that did not prevent Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China to get into the matter. “The one-China principle is the common consensus of the international community, including India, and it also serves as a political basis for China to develop relations with any country,” he said. spokesperson Zhao Lijian.
Recently, the Chinese embassy in India “recommended” to the Indian media not to congratulate on National Taiwan Day in light of the “one China” policy, prompting a strong response from the MEA that the media from India are free to report as they see fit. . India’s trade with Taiwan is increasing and the latter has a trade office in Mumbai.
“China firmly opposes any official exchange of any form and the signing of any agreement of an official nature between Taiwan and any country that has diplomatic relations with China,” Zhao said. On the question that Australia will also join India, the United States and Japan for the Malabar naval exercise, the official said China believes that military cooperation should lead to regional peace and stability.
China also said it had filed a diplomatic protest with the United States over the appointment of Robert Destro as special coordinator for Tibetan affairs and his meeting with Lobsang Sangay, the head of the Tibetan government in exile based in India.
Senior diplomat Destro was appointed to the post of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on October 15. Among other issues, he would focus on promoting dialogue between the communist government in China and the Dalai Lama. “Xizang’s (Tibet“The) affairs (are) purely China’s internal affairs,” Zhao said.
On the Destro-Sangay meeting, he said: “The so-called Tibetan government in exile is a separatist political organization that pursues a wild dream of Tibetan independence. It violates China’s constitution and law and is not recognized by any nation in the world. ”
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