South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials said on Sunday (April 23) that South Korea's ambassador to China Zheng Zaihao recently expressed the South Korean position with Sun Weidong, deputy minister of Chinese Foreign Ministry, calledRecently, the tension of the Taiwan Strait has heated up.
According to the Yonhap News Agency on Monday (24th), Zheng Zai Hao also said on Thursday (20th) with Sun Weidong that the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait may give regions and international aspects such as security and economy.Society has a huge impact.He also reiterated that South Korea has adhered to the stance of peace and stability of cross -strait relations with dialogue and cooperation, and has always respected the "one China" position that has not changed.
South Korean President Yin Xiyue said in an interview with Reuters last Wednesday (19th) that the tension in the Taiwan Strait was due to trying to change the status quo with force, and South Korea and the international community resolutely opposed such changes.He also said that Taiwan's issue is not only a problem between China (Mainland) and Taiwan, but a global problem like North Korea.
Yin Xiyue's remarks aroused strong dissatisfaction in China, and diplomatic officials between the two countries confront each other.Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin responded to a reporter from the Yonhap News Agency on Thursday and reiterated that "the Taiwan issue is purely a Chinese internal affairs ..."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea severely criticized Beijing's comments on the same day, "Yes,"It is questioned that the country's country's severe diplomacy is rude "; the South Korean deputy foreign minister Zhang Huzhen summoned the Chinese ambassador to South Korea that night to propose a strong protest.
