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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, December 25 (Xinhua) — The People's Liberation Army (PLA) will not cease combating separatist activities and promoting national reunification, the Chinese Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday.
The department's official representative, Zhang Xiaogang, made the corresponding statement at a press conference, answering a journalist's question regarding the Taiwan administration's concerns about military activities carried out by mainland China.
Recalling that Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, Zhang Xiaogang explained that the PLA's regular training and combat readiness in the vicinity of the island, as well as operations to combat separatism and external interference in order to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity, are completely legal, necessary, justified, and legitimate.
"The PLA will not cease combating separatist activity and promoting national reunification. In response to every provocation by supporters of 'Taiwan independence,' we will increase pressure until the complete reunification of the motherland occurs," Zhang Xiaogang promised.
The official representative of the Ministry of Defense demanded that the authorities of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan acknowledge reality, follow the prevailing trend, completely abandon separatist plans, and cease all provocative and war-like actions.
In response to a question from another journalist, Zhang Xiaogang pointed out that some media outlets are making unfounded assumptions about the PLA's actions and deliberately inflaming "war fears," thereby undermining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
“We will continue to make every effort to achieve peaceful reunification with all sincerity, but we make no promises to renounce the use of force and reserve the right to take all necessary measures,” concluded the official representative of the PRC Defense Ministry. –0–
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