BEIJING - China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has lodged solemn representations with the South Korean ambassador over 'erroneous' remarks by the South Korean president about Taiwan, China's foreign ministry said on Sunday (April 23). In an exclusive interview with Reuters, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said increased tensions around Taiwan were due to attempts to change the status...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks during an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, on April 18, 2023.BEIJING - China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong has lodged solemn representations with the South Korean ambassador over "erroneous" remarks by the South Korean president about Taiwan, China's foreign ministry said on Sunday .
"The Taiwan issue is not simply an issue between China and Taiwan but, like the issue of North Korea, it is a global issue," Yoon said. "The South Korean leader made no mention of the One China principle, but equated the Taiwan issue with the Korean Peninsula issue," Sun said.
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