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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning’s Regular Press Conference on November 28, 2024

2024-11-28 23:43

Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi will chair the fifth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting from November 30 to December 1 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Kazakhstan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Murat Nurtleu, Kyrgyzstan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Kulubaev Zheenbek Moldokanovich, Tajikistan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sirojiddin Muhriddin, Turkmenistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov, and Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov will attend the meeting in China. 

CCTV: It’s reported that China and the US released personnel from prison on both sides. Three US citizens have returned to the US and it shared some details about the cases concerning the three Chinese citizens freed from the US. Can you confirm and what’s your comment?

Mao Ning: Through the unremitting efforts of the Chinese government, three Chinese citizens wrongfully detained by the US have returned safely to China. It once again shows that never ever will China give up on its citizens. The motherland will always have their back.

Let me stress that China remains firmly opposed to the US’s politically driven suppression and persecution of Chinese nationals and will continue taking all measures necessary to defend the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese nationals.

Among those sent back from the US is a fugitive who fled to the US many years ago and has now been repatriated to China. No one can escape justice, and no place on earth can be a safe haven forever for crime. The Chinese government will continue its work to bring back fugitives and recover their illegal proceeds, and will not rest until they are all brought to justice.

The Paper: To follow up on your announcement about the fifth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Chengdu, can you share what will be discussed at the meeting?

Mao Ning: At the fifth China-Central Asia Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the outcomes of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi’an will be further implemented, and preparations for the second summit in Kazakhstan next year will be launched. Foreign Ministers from the six countries will exchange views on the advancement of China-Central Asia cooperation across the board, the building of the China-Central Asia mechanism and international and regional issues of mutual interest. 

AFP: Taiwan’s Lai Ching-te will stop over in Hawaii and Guam during his trip to the Pacific. Does China have a comment on this?

Mao Ning: The one-China principle is a basic norm in international relations and a prevailing international consensus. The Lai Ching-te authorities’ political manipulation and separatist provocations by visiting countries having so-called “diplomatic ties” with Taiwan will lead nowhere. It will not shake the solid and strong international commitment to the one-China principle or stop the overriding historical trend towards China’s reunification. We have all along opposed official interactions between the US and the Taiwan region, opposed any visit by the leader of the Taiwan authorities to the US in any name or under whatever pretext, and opposed any form of US connivance and support for “Taiwan independence” separatists and their separatist activities in any form. 

China News Service: The State Department on its website downgraded its travel advisory for China from level three to level two and removed the notation indicating the risk of wrongful detention. What’s China’s comment?

Mao Ning: China noted the adjustment made by the US and believes that it is conducive to the normal mutual visits between the people of the two countries. We oppose any move that can have a chilling effect. We hope that the US will do more to facilitate cultural and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

The New York Times: Do you have any comment on the ship near Denmark that is of Chinese registration and has been stopped by vessels there?

Mao Ning: We have shared China’s position several times in recent days. When handling such incidents, China always upholds a cooperative attitude. There is now ongoing communication and co