Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo Cheng said on Wednesday that China will have “the ability to seriously invade Taiwan in 2025″ and pointed out that the current situation of tension is “the most difficult” in 40 years.
The minister has stated that the Chinese Army would already be able to invade the island now, but that it would have “a high cost” that would already be lower in 2025, thus making a “large-scale aggression” possible, reports the Taiwanese agency CNA.
This is why the Defense Ministry has allocated 64 percent of its budget this year to defense systems, as well as developing supersonic missiles in order to be “ready” and able to counter Chinese threats.
These statements from Taiwan come after the Taiwanese government denounced the presence of 56 Chinese military aircraft over its airspace in recent days, a daily record after nearly 100 sorties were recorded on Monday.
Given this, the Taiwanese Forces issued a series of radio warnings and activated the anti-aircraft system to monitor these incursions, according to the Defense Ministry.
Thus, the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing Wen, has warned of the “catastrophic consequences” that could lead to the island falling completely into the hands of China and has assured that it will defend the territory and its democracy in the face of the growing aggressiveness of the Asian giant.
In the same way, the Taiwanese ‘premier’, Su Tseng Chang, has warned of a serious violation of the “regional peace” and has indicated that Taiwan must remain alert at all times to this type of activity.
This same Tuesday, the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has confirmed that he will continue his Law on Relations with Taiwan, which allows him to trade with the island.
For its part, the Chinese government recalled that the United States “must strictly abide by the one-China principle, abide by three joint Sino-US communiqués and treat issues related to Taiwan with caution.”
“It is necessary for the United States to stop supporting the separatist forces that are demonstrating in favor of the independence of Taiwan and to take concrete steps to safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” stressed the spokeswoman for the Ministry of Affairs. Chinese Foreign, Hua Chunying.
