China has accused the US of sending a "very wrong and dangerous message" on the Taiwan issue.
According to the British news agency Reuters, US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken told his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in a meeting that "restoring peace and stability on the issue of Taiwan is extremely important."
"The Secretary of State made it clear that maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is extremely important to our long-standing one-China policy, which has not changed," said a senior US administration official.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement regarding the meeting, which said that the US is sending a very wrong and dangerous message on the issue of Taiwan. "The more active Taiwan independence is, the less likely a peaceful settlement will be."
The ministry quoted Wang Yi as saying that the Taiwan issue is China's internal matter and the United States has no right to interfere in what method will be used to resolve it.
On the other hand, Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the meeting between Antony Blanken and Wang Yi and said that "China's recent provocative actions have made the Taiwan Strait the center of discussion, and China has rejected such arguments and criticisms from the international community." trying to confuse with those that are the opposite of reality.'
After the visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, the relationship between the United States and China was strained.
Even after Nancy Pelosi's visit, China began military exercises and launched several missiles into the waters around Taiwan, as well as sending fighter jets and warships to blockade the island.
China views Taiwan as one of its provinces and has long vowed to bring the island under its control and has not ruled out the use of force to do so.
Taiwan's government strongly objects to China's sovereignty claims and says that only the island's 23 million people can decide its future.
Antony Blanken's meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi came ahead of a meeting between the foreign ministers of the Quad Grouping of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
