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“We urge Britain and Japan to deeply reflect on their erroneous words and deeds regarding Taiwan- and maritime-related issues, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and refrain from stirring up trouble and creating tensions in the Asia-Pacific region,” the Chinese embassy in Britain said on Thursday.
The embassy was responding to a joint statement by British Defence Secretary John Healey and his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani, in Tokyo.
According to the statement, the two ministers agreed that “the security and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific are indivisible”, and “reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait”.
In an apparent reference to Beijing, they also said they had “serious concerns” about the East China and South China seas and “strongly oppose any unilateral attempts to change the status quo by force or coercion”.
