[轉載]英外交大臣表態挺台強化自衛 中國又跳腳︰與14億人民為敵

https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3943085

〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕近期除了烏俄戰爭受到關注外，台海局勢也是備受各界熱議的焦點。值此世界秩序受到威脅之際，英國外交大臣特拉斯（Liz Truss）近日就表態支持台灣強化自衛能力，一番發言再次讓中國跳腳抗議。

英國政府官網27日發布消息 指出，特拉斯上週五赴捷克與捷克外交部長利帕夫斯基（Jan Lipavsky）進行會談，雙方不僅談到烏俄戰爭，表示堅定支持烏克蘭外，也提到中國威脅相關問題。特拉斯表示，捷克對中國的經濟脅迫採取強硬立場的態度令人讚賞，英方日後會與捷克共同打擊中國和俄羅斯的虛假訊息，同時也應確保台灣有足夠的自衛能力。

對此，中國駐英國大使館28日於官網回應 特拉斯的挺台發言，「任何人、任何勢力在台灣問題上挑戰一個中國原則，都是與14億多中國人民為敵，都必然會遭到中方堅決反對和有力回擊！我們敦促英方政客停止操弄涉台問題，停止在國際上煽風點火、挑撥離間，切實恪守一個中國原則的承諾，不要在危險的道路上越走越遠。」

針對英捷外長提及中國散佈虛假訊息和對特定國家經濟脅迫一事，中國使館宣稱「中國行事從來光明磊落，根據事情本身是非曲直確定政策立場。反倒是少數西方國家熱衷於散佈針對中國的虛假信息。英方政客顛倒是非，污衊抹黑中國，她（指特拉斯）才是典型的虛假信息散佈者。中國歷來主張，各國應秉持相互尊重、互不干涉內政、平等互利原則處理彼此關係。我們既重情義，又講原則，從來不對他國搞什麼『脅迫』。」

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Liz Truss聲明原文：
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-press-statement-in-prague-27-may

Foreign Secretary’s visit to Prague, May 2020: press statement

Liz Truss held a joint press conference with Czech Foreign Affairs Minister Jan Lipavský, and spoke about UK and Czech Republic actions to support Ukraine.

Well, thank you very much. It’s very good to be here in Prague with my friend Jan.

We are very close allies and together we have backed Ukraine against the appalling war perpetrated by Vladimir Putin.

The Czech Republic knows what occupation is like, first with the Nazis and then with the Soviets. And earlier today, I was pleased to join the commemoration of Operation Anthropoid, celebrating the bravery of heroic Czech resistance fighters who were trained by the British in the Second World War.

And I saw from the Czech Republic public the strength of opinion in the face of adversity and also the outrage of Vladimir Putin’s appalling war in Ukraine. And it very much reflected the way that we have seen public opinion in Britain, absolutely horrified by what Putin is doing in Ukraine.

Here in the Czech Republic, we saw the rebirth of democracy and freedom in the 1990s.

And I know that that is the spirit that Jan and the Czech government represents today. More than any other government and any other country, the Czech Republic, knows the dangers of appeasement and compromise in the face of aggression.

And that’s why we’ve agreed that we need to keep up the pressure on sanctions both through the G7 and through the EU. And we need to make sure that the brave Ukrainian people have the weapons they need to defend themselves.

The United Kingdom was the first European country to send weapons to Ukraine and the Czechs were the first country to send tanks to Ukraine.

Together, we are training Ukrainian fighters through the British Military Advisory Training Team and in the Czech Republic we’ve also discussed the importance of rebuilding Ukraine and having a Marshall Plan supported by the free world to rebuild this vital country.

Together, we’re fighting Russian and Chinese disinformation, and I want to commend the Czech Republic for the strong stance that they have taken against Chinese economic coercion.

We must ensure that Taiwan is also able to defend itself.

We both agree that NATO needs to step up. We need to do more to protect the edges of Europe, including Moldova and the Balkans, which I visited earlier this week. We also need to strengthen the eastern flank, and we need to make sure that Finland and Sweden are able to join NATO as soon as possible.

We need to do a lot more on cyber warfare to protect ourselves against the hybrid threat.

We have to be ready for the long haul in supporting Ukraine because we are committed to protecting freedom and democracy.

Now is not the time to be complacent. There should be no talk of ceasefires or appeasing Putin. We need to make sure that Ukraine wins, that Russia withdraws, and that we never see this type of Russian aggression again.

Thank you.

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我的觀點：台灣國防部可以趁現在找英國談談買武器的事，過了俄烏戰爭，或許就沒機會。