Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Tuesday, October 21, that his country has formally lodged serious protests against the announcement of US visa restrictions on Central American citizens for their links with the Communist Party of China (CPC).
Noting that no amount of weaponization of visas or other threats can hold back China’s “flourishing ties” with Central American countries, Jiakun suggested the US give up “it’s bullying and domineering act.”
Jiakun was replying to a question related to the US State Department’s press release last month announcing restrictions on visas for Central American nationals “working” in collaboration with the CPC, barring them and their family members from entering the US.
The State Department had said that the move was to counter China’s “corrupt” influence in Central America and to stop its alleged attempts to “subvert rule of law”. The press release did not specify the charges.
“The US takes illegitimate measures in the name of the rule of law, uses unilateral sanctions for political suppression and economic coercion targeting relevant regions, countries and personnel, puts its own domestic law above international law and its international obligations, and undermines the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of other countries,” Jiakun asserted.
China called the move yet another example of US “bullyism which seriously violates the principles of sovereign equality and non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs and sabotages the international order.”
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US threats can’t stop our growing relations with Central America: China reacts to visa restrictions
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