‘Naval maneuvers with Russia and Iran’
China will make “maximum effort” to create a “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan, but will adopt “any necessary measure” to protect its territorial integrity. The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mao Ning, speaking in daily briefing, said that Beijing is “willing to make his best to commit himself to the perspective of a peaceful reunification with the utmost sincerity”, regarding what was said last week by the Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to which Taiwan would never have been a “country” and that supporting his “independence” meant interfering in the internal affairs of China.
“At the same time, China will adopt all the necessary measures to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and will oppose resolute terms to Taiwan’s independence plans and external interference,” added Mao. The United States “must cease sales of weapons” to Taipei and “interrupt all military contacts with the island”, added the spokesman, warning that “the question of Taiwan is the main interest of China and the first insurmountable red line in the Sino-American relationships”. In recent years, Beijing has increased its military pressure against the island, also through military exercises increasingly on vast scale and frequent, keeping the prospect of the use of strength alive to bring Taiwan under his control. Washington, on the other hand, is the main provider of Taipei weapons even in the absence of formal diplomatic bonds.
The joint naval maneuvers between China, Russia and Iran, called ‘Security Belt 2025’, began on Sunday after Beijing Flottiglia came to the waters near the Iranian port of Chabahar, joining the units deployed by the other two countries. This is what the Marina of the popular army of Liberation reports, specifying that the operations will go on until Thursday. The Chinese Ministry of Defense announced on Sunday that the dragon would have kept maneuvering with Russia and Iran shortly, while the Chinese navy would have sent a destroyer and a refueling ship.
Chinese experts have observed that routine exercise aims to help safeguard security in the strategically important region for the transport of energy and is essential for global peace and stability, he reported the global Times, the tabloid of the People’s newspaper. The exercise, according to the Ministry of Defense, will include training activities including the attack on maritime target, visit, bordering, research and seizure of ship, control of damage and joint research and rescue operations. And, on the other hand, aims to deepen the military trust of the three participating countries and the pragmatic cooperation between the troops. Security Belt 2025 is the fifth cycle of joint naval exercises China-Russia-Iran since 2019, which became routine. The chosen place is strategic: off the Iranian port of Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial passage between the Strait of Hormuz and the Indian Ocean, making it a crucial strategic path for the transport of energy. The trilateral exercise “is not aimed at any part” and the three countries “are key for peace and stability in the world”, added the Global Times.
