Taiwan has condemned the Chinese regime’s military expansion near the South Sea

El Minister de Asuntos Exteriores de TaiwanJoseph Wu, pointed this miracle to the presence of “huge” military bases of the regime China close Taipingthe largest island of Spratly in El South sea.

“China has established large military bases in the areas around the Taiping Islands, as well as the Mischief, Subi and Fiery Cross areas. These situations should be kept in mind,” the Taiwanese cantor said in statements to the communication medium.

Desde 1946Taiwan exercises control over Taiping, also known as That’s Abaand established a seal there Baywatchport, airstrip and other civil infrastructure.

The mayor of the Spratly Islands returned to the news this week after Comité de Asuntos Exteriores y Defense del Parliament The Taiwanese, coordinated by lawmaker Ma Wen-chun, an opponent of the Kuomintang (KMT), announced the visit Taiping for the next month of May.

Opposition lawmakers installed the president Tsai Ing-wen to visit Taiping before the completion of the mandate on May 20, following the precedent of former leaders as Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-jeou.

El Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) reaffirmed its compromise with the Taipei government through a statement on Facebook, although it signaled that the time was not right for Tsai to travel due to current geopolitical tensions.

When asked about this topic, the Taiwanese chancellor repeats these miracles Taiping this is the lowest level of soberanía de Taiwan and there is no doubt about him”, at that time he recognized his “doubts” about the path of the deputies.

“Adjust that disputes keep increasing, Taiwan we need to think about peaceful solutions to the South Sea issues to let others feel that they are causing trouble,” Wu said.

Brunei, China, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam they claim in whole or in part more than a hundred islands and islets located in the South Sea, an area rich in undersea oil and natural gas reserves, important fishing ports and one of the main maritime transport routes.

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s vice president-elect and former ambassador to Washington, Hsiao Bi-khimwho is visiting the Czech Republic via the United States, informed the Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Taxes this Tuesday.

The politician has been traveling there for 52 years Czech Republic attend the event and give a speech at the invitation of a group of local experts, as well as exchange views with the country’s “friends” before taking over the cargo on May 20, Taiwan’s abolition spokesman Jeff Liu told a press conference.

Formerly President of the Senate checo, Miloš Vystrčilposted a photo of Hsia on his official Twitter account after he attended a seminar organized by think tank Synopsis on ROC-Taiwan Relations.

In 2020, Vystrčil led a delegation of 90 people to Taiwan and delivered a speech before the Legislative Yuan, becoming the first foreign politician to address the parliament in 45 years and the first from a country that does not maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan. state press agency CNA.

The only European country that maintains official ties with Taipei is there Vaticanbut many countries in Eastern Europe, such as Czech Republic, Lithuania and Estoniathey have strengthened their ties with Taiwan in the past few years.

Hsiao’s visit to the Czech Republic took place several times in the United States, where he traveled for “personal reasons” to the “firm opposition” of China, which resulted in some form of “official contact” between Washington and Taipei.

Taiwan – where the Nationalist army withdrew from communist forces in a civil war – has been governed autonomously since 1949, although China claims sovereignty over the island, which it considers a rebel province because the country’s “unification” has failed. discard the use of force.

(With information from EFE)