China opposes possible US stopover for Taiwan's Chen
(Xinhua/Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-08 14:12
China on Monday lodged solemn representations to the United States on
reported Taiwan leader's transit stop there.
China's statement came in
response to reports about the US decision to allow Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian
to stop off in the United States on his way to Nicaragua next week.
"The Chinese side opposes the United States and the Taiwan authorities having
any form of official dealings," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao
said in a statement on the ministry's Web site.
"We express serious
concern about related reports," Liu said, refering to Chen's layover in
California on the way to attend the swearing in of Nicaraguan President-elect
Daniel Ortega.
"We have made serious representations to the US side."
Chen will stay overnight in San Francisco on Monday before leaving for
Nicaragua.
"What
should be pointed out is that the real aim of Chen Shui-bian's 'transit stop' in
the United States is to carry out activities whose purpose is to split China and
damage Sino-US relations," Liu added.
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