Biden reiterates that the strategic policy regarding Taiwan "has not changed at all"

MADRID, 24 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has assured this Tuesday from Tokyo that the strategic policy with respect to Taiwan "has not changed at all" after warning this Monday that the country will respond militarily if Beijing decides to attack the island.

Likewise, a journalist has asked him, in the framework of the meeting of leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad), about the possible death of the policy of "strategic ambiguity towards Taiwan", to which Biden has responded with a blunt "no without offering further details.

"We agree on the 'One China' policy. We have signed it and all subsequent derivative agreements, but the idea that (Taiwan) can be taken by force is not appropriate," he said earlier this Monday. . "It is the commitment that we adopted," he added.

Biden has compared, shortly before, a potential invasion of Taiwan by China with the Russian invasion of Ukraine and has warned that it "would dislocate the entire region." In this regard, he has said that Beijing "is already flirting with danger with such close flybys and all the maneuvers it is carrying out."

"Russia has to pay a long-term price for its actions. The reason why I say this is not only because of Ukraine. If after everything that (Russian President Vladimir Putin) has done there is a rapprochement between the Ukrainians and Russia and the sanctions do not continue (...), what signal is sent to China about the cost of trying to take Taiwan by force?

Following Biden's words, a senior White House official has stressed that Washington's position "has not changed." "The president has reiterated our 'One China' policy and our commitment to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," he said, according to US television network CNN.

In response, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, stressed that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the country and stressed that Beijing will adopt "firm measures" to "safeguard its sovereignty and security interests", as stated the China Times media.

"China calls on the US to abide by the 'One China' principle and the three Sino-US joint communiqués, honor its commitment not to support Taiwan independence, be careful with its words and deeds on the issue of Taiwan and not send the wrong signals to separatist forces seeking independence from Taiwan."

In addition, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi denounced this Sunday that Biden's intentions at this Quad summit are "doomed to failure" and that the United States only has one mission in the region, and that is to "sow discord ".

"Facts will show that the so-called 'Indo-Pacific strategy' is essentially a strategy to create divisions, a strategy to incite confrontation and to destroy peace," according to a statement posted on the ministry's website.