The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday rejected a joint statement by China and Indonesia that said UN Resolution 2758 meant Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who took office on Oct. 20, on Saturday met with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) in Beijing.
After the meeting, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a joint statement called “the PRC [People’s Republic of China] and the Republic of Indonesia on Promoting Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Building a China-Indonesia Community with a Shared Future.”
Photo: Yang Cheng-yu, Taipei Times
MOFA said it strongly protests and severely condemns the statement, which says that “Indonesia reiterates its consistent adherence to the one-China principle, which was confirmed by the UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 ... and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.”
“The Republic of China (Taiwan) and the PRC are not subordinate to each other, and the PRC regime has never governed Taiwan,” MOFA said. “Any claim aimed at distorting Taiwan’s sovereign status cannot change the status quo of the Taiwan Strait, which is recognized by the international society.”
“UN Resolution 2758 did not mention Taiwan, and therefore has nothing to do with Taiwan,” it added.
The resolution does not reflect the “one China principle” that China claims, MOFA said, urging the international society to come together to counter Beijing’s “continuous and malicious distortion of the resolution.”
Taiwan and Indonesia enjoy the universal values of democracy and freedom, MOFA said.
The ministry hopes to work with the Prabowo administration to further deepen bilateral friendly relations, as well as exchanges and cooperation in fields of trade, agriculture and education, and together contribute to regional peace, stability and prosperity, MOFA said.
Prabowo and Xi on Saturday signed multiple cooperation deals covering issues such as water conservation, maritime resources and mining, Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported.
Xi told Prabowo that China was willing to cooperate with the new Indonesian government to the two countries’ mutual benefit, and they should “firmly support each other in safeguarding core interests and major concerns,” the CCTV cited Xi as saying.
Additional reporting by Reuters
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