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US, Australia, Japan urge China to immediately cease military exercises around Taiwan #IndiaNEWS #Home News
Washington: The United States, Australia and Japan have urged China to immediately cease its military exercises launched following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to Taipei, as they reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Pelosi, 82, was the highest-profile US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years. Pelosis visit on Wednesday and her meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen and other leaders has infuriated China, which views the self-governed democratic island as its territory that should be reunified with the mainland, even by force.
China fired a barrage of ballistic missiles into the waters around Taiwan as it launched large-scale military exercises in response to her visit to Taipei.
A joint statement was issued by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa after their in-person meeting in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, on the margins of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting.
“The Secretary and the Foreign Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, the statement said on Saturday.
Sharing the regions desire for diplomacy to avoid the risks of miscalculation, they expressed their concern about the Peoples Republic of Chinas (PRC) recent actions that gravely affect international peace and stability, including the use of large-scale military exercises.
“They condemned the PRCs launch of ballistic missiles, five of which the Japanese government reported landed in its exclusive economic zones, raising tension and destabilising the region. The Secretary and the Foreign Ministers urged the PRC to immediately cease the military exercises,� said the joint statement.
They appreciated ASEANs statement about the importance of deescalating tension in the Taiwan Strait, according to the statement.
Southeast Asian countries on Thursday called for “maximum restraint� and urged the global community to avoid actions that could destabilise the region and eventually lead to miscalculation, serious confrontation, open conflicts, and unpredictable consequences among major powers.
“The Secretary and the Foreign ministers reaffirmed their resolve in supporting ASEAN centrality, and the importance of the Pacific Islands Countries (PICs) as partners in the region,� said the statement.
The PIC network is composed of 14 countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Republic of Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
There is no change in the respective one China policies, where applicable, and basic positions on Taiwan of Australia, Japan, or the United States, they said.

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