Taiwan has no right and qualification to recognize Kosovo's
independence, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Liu Jianchao said on
Monday.
"It is known to all that Taiwan, as a part of China, has no
right and qualification at all to make the so-called recognition,"
Liu said in a press release, in response to the report that Taiwan
authorities congratulated on Kosovo's independence and might
recognize it.
There is only one China in the world. The commonly accepted
consensus is that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese
territory and the government of the People's Republic of China is
the sole legitimate government representing the whole of China,
said Liu.
"We are firmly opposed to anyone or any organization splitting
Taiwan from the mainland under any form. Any attempt that separates
Taiwan from the mainland is doomed to fail," Liu said.
Kosovo's parliament voted Sunday to adopt a declaration of
independence at an extraordinary session on its independence from
Serbia.
Kosovo was a southern autonomous province within Serbia before
the breakup of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Among its
population of 2 million, over 90 percent are ethnic Albanians and
Serbs make up about 7 percent.
Kosovo has been under UN administration since mid-1999, after
NATO air-strikes drove out Serbian forces from the province.
(Xinhua News Agency February 19, 2008)
