Taipei Times
Date: Jan 26, 2019
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
A high-ranking British official has joined the wave of international support for Taiwan
British Minister of State for the Commonwealth and UN Tariq Ahmad speaks at the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi on Nov. 26 last year. Photo: AFP
following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s (習近平) threat of the use of force against the nation, saying that London opposes any action that could raise tensions in the region.
British Minister of State for the Commonwealth and UN Tariq Ahmad made the remarks in response to a written question submitted by British House of Lords member Navnit Dholakia on Monday last week.
Dholakia, who serves as one of the vice chairs of the British-Taiwanese All-Party Parliamentary Group, asked the British government “what assessment they have made of any risks to regional peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.”
“In his 2 January speech, Chinese leader Xi Jinping urged Taiwan to accept reunification with China, restating China’s long-held position that it can use all necessary measures, including force, to secure this aim,” Ahmad said in the written response on Wednesday.
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