SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea on Friday criticized a US weapons support package deal to Taiwan, state media reported on Friday, accusing the United States of driving tensions within the area to “another ignition point of war”.
The United States unveiled an support package deal for Taiwan price as much as $345 million on Friday as Congress licensed as much as $1 billion price of weapons for the island as part of the 2023 price range.
In an announcement carried by the official KCNA news company, Maeng Yong Rim, director normal of the North Korean overseas ministry’s Chinese affairs division, stated the plan is a “dangerous political and military provocation” and a “flagrant violation” of the One China precept.
“It is the sinister intention of the U.S. to turn Taiwan into an unsinkable advanced base against China and the first-line trench for carrying out its strategy for deterring China,” the North’s assertion stated.
Beijing claims the democratically ruled island as its personal territory, and has repeatedly warned in opposition to any “official exchanges” between Washington and Taipei. Taiwan rejects China’s sovereignty claims and says solely Taiwan’s individuals can determine their future.
“The Asia-Pacific region, including the Korean peninsula and the Taiwan Strait, is neither a theatre of the U.S. military activity nor a test site of war,” the assertion stated, warning that the U.S. should “pay a high price” for “provoking the core interest of China”.
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un met a Chinese delegation in Pyongyang final week and vowed to develop the 2 international locations’ relations to a “new high”. Before the assembly, they reviewed Kim’s latest nuclear-capable missiles and assault drones at a navy parade.
China’s navy has been flexing its muscle groups across the island, lately sending dozens of fighters, bombers and different plane, together with drones, into the skies to Taiwan’s south, in line with Taiwan’s protection ministry. — Reuters
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