China’s Ministry of National Defense, Tan Kefei, warned on Tuesday that the Chinese military will not sit back if US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. His statement was made in response to a press inquiry regarding the issue.

China demands that the United States keep its promise that it would not support “Taiwan independence,” Tan said, adding that if Washington insists on making the visit, the Chinese military will take strong actions to counter any external interference or “Taiwan independence” separatist scheme, and will be determined in safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

China has repeatedly explained to the United States its firm opposition to Pelosi’s possible visit to Taiwan, Tan noted.

“If Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, it would seriously violate the one-China principle and the stipulations in the three China-U.S. joint communiques, seriously harm China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and seriously damage the political foundation of China-U.S. relations,” Tan said.

It will undeniably result in extremely serious damage to the ties between the two countries and the two militaries, and would lead to further escalation of the tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the spokesperson said.

Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar English Website)