Manila, Philippines-Tai-Wan Foreign Minister flew to the Philippines as the head of investors’ delegation at a high level, two higher Philippine officials mentioned on Saturday and encouraged protest from China and warnings “do not play with fire”.
The relations between China and the Philippines were tense because their coastal guards and other forces are expanding into the ever -tense confrontation of the owners of the islands and fishing in the disputed South China Sea. A visit to Taiwanese Foreign Minister Lin Chia-Lung at the beginning of this week to Manila and Clark Freeport Zone, the industrial center north of the capital, worsening tension.
The Philippine officials did not publicly confirm or deceive the news of the LIN visit, but two members of the Cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. They said The Associated Press that Tai -Wan’s highest diplomat was flying to the country “in his private capacity” to lead the main delegation of Taiwanese investors and business executives in the semicircraft industry and other key industries.
LIN did not have official obligations with political and security officials, while in the Philippines for two or three days, they stated that two officials who did not work and did not speak on condition of anonymity because they were not entitled to publicly discuss this matter.
According to “one China” policy, the Philippines do not recognize Tai -wan as a sovereign state. China declares Taiwan as part of its territory, which could be connected by violence and against the self-governing island, which has official interactions with other countries, especially the United States.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Manila said on Friday that the Philippines “permanently adhere” this policy, which is “clear and unwavering”. He added, however, that “Philippines maintain economic and people among people with Taiwan, especially in the field of trade, investment and tourism. These interactions are carried out within the limits of our Chinese policy.”
The ministry said that “no official from Tai -wan, who was recognized as a member of a business delegation who recently visited the Philippines, suggests that LIN came as a private sales representative.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing issued a strongly formulated protest in Manila and Beijing and stated that by allowing LIN to visit, the Philippines provided a platform for “Taiwanese independence” to engage in activities against China “and” strictly violated her own obligation on Taijan affairs “.
It urged the Philippines to “stop persecuing the wrong course and return to the right journey at once, stop playing with fire on questions about the main Chinese interests”. It warned the Philippines not to “underestimate the company of the determination of the Chinese to protect our sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
“For repayment on the Chinese red line is the price that needs to be paid, and all the consequences result from the Philippines,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
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