(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-03-27 22:09

BEIJING  -- China on Thursday urged the United States to abide by its repeated commitments to adhere to the one-China policy and the three Sino-US joint communiques and oppose "Taiwan independence" and Taiwan's bid to join any international organization which only sovereign countries can join.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the remarks at a regular press conference when responding to a journalist's question citing a US official who expected better relations between the United States and Taiwan and called on the Chinese mainland to decrease military deployment against Taiwan.

He said the Taiwan issue is always the most sensitive and important core issue in China-US relations, and China hopes the United States will scrupulously abide by its commitments that the United States adheres to the one-China policy and the three Sino-US joint communiques and opposes "Taiwan independence" and Taiwan's bid to join any international organization which only sovereign countries can join.

The spokesman urged the United States to "cautiously" and "properly" handle the Taiwan issue, adding the Chinese government's position on the Taiwan issue has not changed.