Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo AbeTOKYO Feb 27Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking on Fuji TV, urged the United States to abandon the «dual strategy» regarding Taiwan and make it clear whether they will protect its inhabitants in the event of an invasion by the PRC. «The United States adheres to a dual strategy, that is, making it clear that «They can and cannot intervene with military force if Taiwan is attacked… It is time to abandon this dual strategy. The people of Taiwan share our universal values, so I believe that the United States must resolutely abandon this uncertainty,» he stressed. Abe recalled that any emergency in Taiwan could become an emergency for Japan, as its westernmost uninhabited island, Yonaguni, is located just 110 kilometers from Taiwan. The ex-premier suggested that if China decided to «ensure air superiority over a wide area, it could affect Japanese airspace as well.» at least its exclusive economic zone,» the politician explained. When asked by the moderator whether this would mean reconsidering the maintenance of the «one China» principle, the former Japanese premier replied in the negative. The Kuomintang led by Chiang Kai-shek moved to Taiwan. Business and informal contacts between the island and mainland China resumed in the late 1980s. Since the beginning of the 1990s, the parties began to contact through non-governmental organizations — the Beijing Association for the Development of Relations across the Taiwan Strait and the Taipei Cross-Strait Exchange Foundation. will impose sanctions against the United States due to the sale of weapons to TaiwanPosted: Maxim Gorbachev
