¡¡¡¡BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhuanet) -- The Taiwan issue is purely China'sinternal affair and no other country in the world should interfere,Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said in response to claims from a high-ranking U.S. military official that the U.S. would do everything needed to protect Taiwan.

¡¡¡¡The remarks seriously violated the commitments made by the U.S.government in the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, said Zhang, adding that those remarks, out of ulterior motives, interfered in China's internal affairs.

¡¡¡¡Zhang stressed that history had repeatedly proved that U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and its elevation U.S.-Taiwan relations wouldonly incite the separatists in their attempts to split Taiwan frommainland and would lead to the deterioration of Taiwan Straits situation and boiled down to the jeopardy of the interests of the U.S. itself.

¡¡¡¡The spokeswoman urged the U.S. to strictly abide by the seriouscommitments that it had made to the Chinese government and Chinesepeople and stop the wrong actions so as to avoid further damage toSino-U.S. relations.

¡¡¡¡The Taiwan issue was at the core of Sino-U.S. relations, reiterated Zhang, emphasizing that any measures or remarks that ran against the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques would undermine Sino-U.S. relations.

¡¡¡¡"We hope U.S. behaves as it says, strictly abide by the three Sino-U.S. Communiques and stop using the Taiwan issue to interferein China's internal affairs," Zhang said. Enditem