MADRID, 12 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister, Joseph Wu, has warned that China’s military exercises carried out by the Asian giant around the island suggest that it is “prepared to launch a war.”
This was expressed during an interview with the US television channel CNN, to which he pointed out that the Chinese authorities “seem to be preparing for a contest”. “If we look at these military maneuvers we see that they are trying to launch a war,” he has maintained.
“The Taiwanese government sees the Chinese Army as a threat that cannot be accepted, and for this reason we condemn it,” he stressed before adding that, however, the Chinese leaders “will have to think twice before using force against Taiwan “. “It doesn’t matter if it’s 2025 or 2027 or even later, Taiwan must be ready at all times,” she said.
During this week’s military exercises, the Chinese Navy has conducted mock strikes with fighters deployed from an aircraft carrier. The maneuvers were launched on Saturday, a day after the Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing Wen, returned from her ten-day tour of Central American countries and her visit to the United States, where she met with the president of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, as well as other US congressmen.
Beijing has described these exercises as a clear “alert to Taiwanese separatist forces and those seeking to interfere in the country’s internal affairs” and has reiterated the importance of “defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
When asked about the political cost of Tsai’s visit to the United States, Wu added that China “cannot dictate how Taiwan makes friends.” “They can’t dictate the support they want to give us either,” he asserted.
As tensions between China and the United States over Taiwan increase, US President Joe Biden has indicated that Washington will defend the island militarily “if necessary,” although the Administration has stressed that adheres to the ‘one China’ principle.