国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語(yǔ)Fran?ais
China
Home / China / HK Macao Taiwan

Tshwane mayor's Taiwan visit breaches S. Africa's foreign policy: DIRCO

Xinhua | Updated: 2017-01-03 09:24

CAPE TOWN - The recent trip to Taiwan by Solly Msimanga, Executive Mayor of Tshwane (Pretoria) was in breach of South Africa's foreign policy and is highly regretted, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said on Monday.

DIRCO was made aware of the visit and advised Msimanga not to undertake the visit as it would constitute a breach of South Africa's "One China" policy, DIRCO spokesperson Clayson Monyela said.

"In a move that is highly regrettable, Mayor Msimanga disregarded DIRCO's advice and proceeded with the visit," said Monyela.

Msimanga, a member of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), visited Taipei, Taiwan during the Christmas holiday, in defiance of the one-China policy pursued by the central government. The visit has drawn wide criticism.

Taiwan is not recognized as a sovereign state by South Africa and the United Nations, DIRCO said in a statement.

South Africa maintains a Liaison Office in Taipei as does the Taiwanese in Pretoria. The Liaison Office does not enjoy the status of an Embassy. The Liaison offices arrangement was agreed upon to facilitate people to people contact. It has no political mandate and therefore interaction between political office bearers is not allowed, DIRCO said.

"Cabinet has in the past decided that representatives of government across all three spheres coordinate all their foreign engagements with DIRCO so as to ensure synergy and maintain a cohesive approach in dealing with any international entity or government," said Monyela.

Representatives of any sphere of government must ensure that their engagements with international entities are aligned to existing mechanism and programmed and that such relations are coordinated in a manner that advances South Africa's foreign policy and national interests, he said.

Earlier on Monday, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) also slammed Msimanga's visit to Taiwan, saying the visit is in disrespect of the Constitution.

As Mayor of the City of Tshwane, Msimanga is a senior government official and therefore bound by existing government policy which de-recognizes Taiwan, the ANC said in a statement emailed to Xinhua.

The City of Tshwane "is not an autonomous state which acts on a frolic of its own outside of government policy", the ANC said.

The ANC called on DIRCO to urgently confiscate all official and diplomatic passports from officials who are found to be wilfully undermining the foreign policy.

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
 
宁阳县| 且末县| 焉耆| 淳安县| 胶南市| 松滋市| 徐汇区| 航空| 罗平县| 怀集县| 宁德市| 迁西县| 华阴市| 马鞍山市| 桦甸市| 苗栗市| 十堰市| 无极县| 四会市| 大同县| 万盛区| 论坛| 汉寿县| 孟连| 新乡市| 金塔县| 盐城市| 博白县| 平定县| 婺源县| 马关县| 永济市| 郧西县| 六枝特区| 昔阳县| 芦溪县| 甘洛县| 承德市| 湖州市| 鹤峰县| 仁布县|