Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity foundation of common security: Chinese envoy

— China blasts Japanese lawmaker’s visit to Taiwan region

UNITED NATIONS: A Chinese envoy said Monday that respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states is the foundation of common security.

The important principle of respect for national sovereignty and territorial integrity as set out in the UN Charter is the bedrock of contemporary international law and international relations, said Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations.

“If this principle is ignored and abandoned, the whole system of international law will be shaken to its roots. The world will return to the law of the jungle and common security will be totally out of the question,” he warned.

“For this reason, we must take a clear-cut stand, always respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, respect the development path and social system independently chosen by the people of each and every country, and respect every country’s effort to safeguard its state unity and national solidarity.”

This is a golden rule of state-to-state interactions, and also the foundation and perimeter for achieving common security, the envoy made the remarks during an open meeting of the UN Security Council on common security.

Experiences in Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq, among others, serve as a warning to us all the time that interfering in other countries’ internal affairs under the pretext of counter-terrorism, democracy and human rights not only brings huge losses, harm and sufferings for the countries concerned, but also erodes the common values of mankind, such as democracy and freedom, and it undermines efforts for common security, rather than helping them, he pointed out.

China always respects other countries’ sovereignty and territorial integrity, upholds international fairness and justice, and supports global efforts in achieving common security, Zhang said, adding that China also will take all measures to firmly safeguard its own sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Zhang called for efforts to establish a security concept that meets the needs of the times, which is the premise for realizing common security.

It must be recognized that in the era of globalization, countries live either in security together or in peril together, he noted.

Clinging to a Cold War mentality and practicing unilateralism, zero-sum games, bloc confrontation and power politics will not only make it difficult to guarantee one’s own long-term security, but will also lead to the escalation of crises and the opposite side of common security, he added.

Zhang highlighted the need to create a stable strategic security environment, which, he said, is the bottom line for maintaining common security.

Driven by the thinking of the so-called strategic competition among great powers, the global strategic security environment has continued to deteriorate, he said, noting that the international non-proliferation regime represented by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is facing the most severe challenges since the end of the Cold War.

China blasts Japanese lawmaker’s visit to Taiwan region

 

The Chinese Foreign Ministry Tuesday deplored a Japanese lawmaker’s visit to China’s Taiwan, calling the move “egregious.”

According to reports, Keiji Furuya, a Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker of Japan and chairperson of the Japan-ROC Diet Members’ Consultative Council, is in Taiwan for a visit from August 22 to 24 and will meet Tsai Ing-wen.

Furuya has visited the Taiwan region of China in disregard of China’s stern démarches, which grossly interferes in China’s internal affairs, blatantly violates the one-China principle and the spirit of the four China-Japan political documents and sends a seriously wrong signal to the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces, a spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry noted in a statement.

The spokesperson added China will take resolute and strong measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Noting Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s sacred territory, the spokesperson warned that the Taiwan question bears on the political foundation of China-Japan relations and the basic trust between our two countries.

“The Japanese side made a solemn commitment on this question to the Chinese side,” the spokesperson pointed out.

Japan once kept Taiwan under its colonial rule for half a century, the statement read, adding Japan is historically responsible for its serious wrongdoing to the Chinese people and has all the more reason to be prudent in its words and deeds.

The spokesperson also mentioned certain Japanese politician, to seek selfish political gains, has colluded with the “Taiwan independence” forces to make a political stunt just like some others have done.

The Japanese government connived at such political manipulation to undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the spokesperson added.

“Such behavior of reneging on one’s commitment with sinister intention is doomed to fail and will not stop the historic process of China’s complete reunification,” said the statement.

The spokesperson urged the Japanese side to deeply reflect on the events of history, abide by the principles of the four China-Japan political documents and the commitments it has made, stop making provocation and stop stirring up trouble on the Taiwan question.

“Japan must not wade in muddy water and seek selfish gains in the Taiwan Straits,” the spokesperson stressed and warned Japan not to go further down the wrong path.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Tuesday also expressed firm opposition to the Japanese lawmaker’s visit.

Spokesperson Ma Xiaoguang urged the Japanese side to have a deep reflection on history, value the great sensitivity of the Taiwan question and act prudently on the Taiwan question.

Ma also warned the Democratic Progressive Party that provocations in collusion with external forces to seek “Taiwan independence” will be doomed to failure.

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