North Korea criticizes US arms support to Taiwan

  North Korea has strongly criticized the action of the United States to give Taiwan millions of dollars in military aid, stressing that Washington is using the self-governing island to exacerbate tensions and fuel war in the region. North Korea's official news agency KCNA has quoted Maeng Yong Rim, Director General of the Department of China Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea as saying today Friday that the US plan is not only a dangerous political move and military aggression. , but you are also trampling on the principle of One China. This is after the United States launched a package of military aid to Taiwan worth 345 million dollars; with the US Congress approving giving the region $1 billion worth of arms, as part of its 2023 budget.

Earlier last month, China strongly criticized the US government's new plan to sell arms worth millions of dollars to Taiwan , insisting that the sale violates the "One China" principle. China announced the position after the US Department of State said that it has approved a contract to sell arms to Taiwan that will cost 440 million dollars. Flags of Taiwan and the United States Chinese leaders have been warning Washington about continuing to sell arms to Taiwan stressing that, some officials in the US they want to use Taiwan to control China, but they should know that these actions are very dangerous, and it is like playing with fire. The Beijing government has been insisting that Taiwan is part of mainland China and that the option of using military force to take control of the island is on the table.