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MOFA slams China over distortion of UN Resolution 2758
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is condemning an address by China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the United Nations General Assembly its accusing him of "distorting" UN Resolution 2758 that Beijing uses as a basis for claiming Taiwan as part of its territory.
The ministry reiterated that Taiwan is a sovereign and independent nation, that neither it nor Beijing are subordinate to the other and that these are long-standing, objective, and internationally recognized facts.
It stressed that only the democratically elected government of Taiwan has the right to represent the Taiwanese people in the UN system and the international arena.
MOFA called on the international community to face the issue and offer timely rebuttals and clarifications. as it believes Beijing is using the argument as a legal foundation for an armed invasion of Taiwan.
The ministry's statements come after Wang Yi reiterated Beijing's stance that the resolution passed "with an overwhelming majority" in 1971 General Assembly and "resolved once and for all the question of the representation of the whole of China." Wang went on to tell the General Assembly that "there is no such thing as two Chinas or one China-one Taiwan" and there was no grey zone.
