The government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) said it in a statement today that it "condemns" the visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who arrived at the island last night.
According to the statement released by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) this morning, the local government "has kept a consistent stance on the Taiwan issue", adding that the government remains firmly devoted to safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, in strict adherence to the one-China principle.
"Speaker Pelosi’s visit to the Taiwan region of China is a blatant interference in China’s internal affairs, gravely undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, wantonly tramples on the one-China principle, greatly threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and seriously endangers China-US relations," the statement said.
The statement underlined that the "Taiwan issue is the most important and most sensitive issue at the core of China-US relations, adding that the current "US administration has claimed that it is committed to the one-China policy, but action-wise it has been backtracking."
In the statement, the local government expressed "its strongest opposition to any interference in China’s internal affairs, by any external forces," adding it "offers its full support and cooperation regarding the country’s determination to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and it also resolutely safeguards the country’s sovereignty, security and development interests."
