US President Joe Biden said on Monday that this country’s If Beijing tried to seize power, it would intervene militarily. Taiwan hardly”At a press conference in Tokyo.
“USA is determined” supporting the ‘one China’ positionBut that doesn’t mean China has the authority to use force to take Taiwan,” he said.
Asked whether Beijing would intervene militarily in a possible Chinese invasion of the island, which it views as an “inalienable” part of its territory, the US president replied: “Yes. We are committed to it.”
Biden claimed that China was “already flirting with danger of flying too low and other maneuvers”. He compared a hypothetical invasion of Taiwan and the island to Russian aggression against Ukraine.
The White House chief said the sanctions against Russia by the international community “send a message about the cost of trying to take Taiwan by force” and that it will “result in long-term condemnation”.
Biden discusses Taiwan situation with Japanese Prime Minister, fumio kishidaduring the summit in Tokyo this Monday, which focuses on closer cooperation in the region in the face of challenges posed by China or North Korea.
They both promised Will strengthen cooperation in the face of “China’s increasingly coercive behavior” and North Korean weapons developments, which they describe as a “defying their security.”
Tokyo and Washington think some of Beijing’s actions “violate international law” and promised to “monitor their military actions” in the Asia-Pacific region, including their joint maneuvers with Russia.
Along the same lines, Kishida stressed that they oppose “any attempt to forcibly change the “status quo” in the East China Sea and South China Sea. “The invasion of Ukraine Reaffirm this commitment so that there is no such unilateral initiative in the region.said the Japanese prime minister.
The Japanese leader also stressed The common attitude that “the situation in Taiwan should not change”He pointed out that the Allies advocated “peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait” and showed “full confidence in the US response” in the event of a conflict on the island.
The White House chief also stressed the need to “guarantee freedom of navigation in the Pacific” and increase the “deterrent capabilities” of the two allies.
In this sense, Kishida conveyed to Biden his desire to “increase national defense capabilities and budget” and start the discussion on expanding Japan’s military forces “to preemptively attack enemy bases.”
Source: Informacion
