China urges the United States to cease its blockade, sanctions, and any form of coercion and pressure against Cuba immediately, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said on Wednesday.
Making up excuses does not justify the U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Lin said at a press briefing in Beijing when asked if China feels targeted by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks about Cuba allowing adversaries of the United States to conduct intelligence activities close to U.S. territory.
"China's cooperation with Cuba is completely aboveboard. Fabricating excuses and spreading disinformation cannot justify the U.S.' barbaric blockade and illegal sanctions against Cuba, nor can it cover the fact that the U.S. has seriously violated Cuba's rights to survival and development and breached the basic norms of international relations. China will firmly support Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and security. We urge the U.S. to immediately end its blockade, sanctions, and any form of coercion and pressure against Cuba," Lin said.
China urges US to cease blockade, sanctions against Cuba
China urges US to cease blockade, sanctions against Cuba
A mainland spokesperson on Wednesday lashed out at the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities of China's Taiwan region for serving as an ATM for the United States, warning that the separatist push for Taiwan secession is doomed to fail no matter how many weapons they purchase.
The warning came after Taiwan defense authorities announced that they had signed six major arms procurement deals worth more than 6.6 billion U.S. dollars with the United States.
"We firmly oppose any form of military ties between the United States and China's Taiwan region," Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said at a press conference in Beijing.
"The DPP authorities, out of their own secessionist political interests, have been acting willingly as an ATM for the U.S. military-industrial complex. Begging for unreliable protection from external forces will only push Taiwan into a more dangerous situation and inflict great sufferings on our compatriots in Taiwan," Chen said.
"We sternly warn the DPP authorities that the reunification of the motherland is an unstoppable historical trend, and no matter how many weapons they purchase, it will not alter the eventual failure of their Taiwan secession attempts," Chen said.
Arms purchase from U.S. won't avert doomed failure of Taiwan secession: mainland spokesperson
