China said on Monday it has lodged serious démarches with relevant parties after leaders of the US, Japan and South Korea “smeared and attacked” China at their Camp David meeting, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
“The trilateral meeting discredited China on Taiwan-related and maritime issues, grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, deliberately sowed discord between China and neighboring countries, and seriously violated the basic norms of international relations,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news briefing.
“China strongly disapproves of and firmly opposes this and has made serious démarches to relevant parties,” Wang said.
“We urge relevant countries not to go against the trend of the times, stop replicating the bloc confrontation elsewhere in this region, and stop pursuing selfish gains at the expense of other countries’ strategic and security interests and the wellbeing of people in Asia-Pacific,” he noted.
The spokesman also stressed that the Taiwan question is purely China’s internal affair, and resolving it is a matter for the Chinese. “The US has become the biggest threat and challenge to regional peace and stability,” he added.
US President Joe Biden hosted the trilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the presidential retreat on weekend.
In a joint statement, the three leaders criticized the “dangerous and aggressive behavior supporting unlawful maritime claims that we have recently witnessed by the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea.” They also affirmed that the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is an indispensable element of security and prosperity in the international community.
Source: Kuwait News Agency