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China
on
Thursday
said
it
firmly
opposed
all
forms
of
official
interaction
between
the
Taiwan
authorities
and
countries
having
diplomatic
relations
with
Beijing.
Responding
to
a
question
raised
by
a
Pakistani
journalist
on
reports
that
three
former
top
Indian
military
officials
attended
a
security
dialogue
held
by
Taiwanese
authorities
in
Taipei
this
month,
Chinese
Foreign
Ministry
spokesman
Wang
Wenbin
said
that
China
firmly
opposes
all
forms
of
official
interaction
with
Taiwan.
China,
which
considers
self-ruled
Taiwan
as
part
of
its
mainland,
routinely
objects
to
any
high-level
visits
to
Taipei,
saying
that
it
is
a
violation
of
the
one-China
principle.
According
to
the
media
reports,
Admiral
Karambir
Singh,
General
M
M
Naravane
and
Chief
of
Air
Staff
R
K
S
Bhadauria
–
the
former
Navy,
Army
and
Indian
Air
Force
chiefs
respectively
–
recently
attended
Ketagalan
Forum’s
2023
Indo-Pacific
Security
Dialogue
held
in
Taiwan.
Answering
a
question
on
their
attendance,
Chinese
Foreign
Ministry
spokesman
Wang
said,
“China
firmly
opposes
all
forms
of
official
interaction
between
the
Taiwan
authorities
and
countries
having
diplomatic
relations
with
China.”
“This
is
our
consistent
and
clear
position.
We
hope
the
country
concerned
will
abide
by
the
one-China
principle,
prudently
and
properly
handle
Taiwan-related
issues,
and
refrain
from
having
any
form
of
military
and
security
cooperation
with
Taiwan”,
he
said.
