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Taiwan opposes use of nuclear weapons by United States against China
Taiwan has said for the first time it opposes any use of nuclear weapons by the United States against China.
The defence ministry warned that the use of nuclear weapons in settling the Taipei-Beijing sovereignty dispute would destabilise ties between Taiwan, China and the United States.
The ministry cautioned, the US plan would give China a pretext to adopt a tougher line in solving any dispute.
The defense ministry also reiterated Taipei's efforts to make the Taiwan Strait a non-nuclear area which it said would be in the interests of the entire Asia Pacific region.
The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this month it had obtained a classified Pentagon report revealing the military had been asked to draft plans to use nuclear weapons against China, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Russia and Syria.
The report said one of those contingencies was a military confrontation between China and Taiwan.
31/03/2002 22:15:22 | ABC Radio Australia News
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