"We continue to encourage our NATO allies, including Greece and Turkey, to work together to maintain peace and security in the region and resolve differences diplomatically," spokesperson Price said. used the expressions.
Reminding that the Greek Prime Minister was in Washington last week and meeting with his counterparts in the administration, Price said, "We know that Greece is an indispensable partner and an important NATO ally for the United States. Similarly, Turkey is an important partner of the United States and an important NATO ally. . We want to see our partners working together to maintain peace and security in the region." he said.
Responding to a question about Turkey's opposition to NATO membership, citing the presence of the terrorist organization YPG/PKK in Sweden and Finland and the restriction of these countries' export licenses to Turkey, Price said that the issue is a bilateral issue between Turkey and the United States. noted that it was not.
"Our Swedish and Finnish partners will and are discussing this with our Turkish allies. I wanted to express this as there is no bilateral issue between us and Turkey. This is currently an issue between Turkey and our Swedish and Finnish partners. Our Swedish and Finnish partners and our Turkish allies," the spokesperson said. We are confident that we will maintain our relations with each other, and that we can maintain the strong consensus within the NATO alliance on the rapid accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO." made its assessment.
No change to our Taiwan policy
evaluating US President Joe Biden's statement at a press conference that China would respond militarily if it invades Taiwan, Price claimed that Biden did not point to a policy change.
Price continued:
"The President did not announce any change in our policy. When asked to the President, he made it very clear and, to quote here, said, 'Our policy towards Taiwan has not changed.' "We are committed to supporting the one-China policy," he said. "We support everything we have done in the past to ensure that Taiwan has everything it needs to defend itself, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act."
camps in Xinjiang
Responding to a question about the images of the camps called "re-education centers" in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Price noted that they were "horrified" by these images, and that China committed a "genocide" against Uyghurs and other ethnic Muslims and that He reiterated his previous statements that "crimes against humanity continue to be committed".
Expressing their deep concern for the Beijing administration's rejection of the allegations on this issue and the failure of the international community to address its concerns in a transparent manner, Price said, "To put an end to the torture of mass detention in China, to abolish the concentration camps, to immediately release all these people who were arbitrarily detained, We have called for an end to forced labor and forced sterilization, and we continue to do so." he finished.
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