Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang's Regular Press Conference on August 24, 2018

问：美国白宫23日就中国同萨尔瓦多建交事发表声明，称萨尔瓦多此举将影响整个美洲地区的经济和安全，美国对萨尔瓦多政府接受中国对西半球国家内政的干涉感到严重关切，将重新评估美萨关系。美国将继续反对中国对西半球的政治干预。中方对此有何评论？ 

　　答：昨天我在这已表明过反对美方干涉其他国家间发展正常关系的严正立场。我愿重申，萨尔瓦多在一个中国原则基础上同中国建交，天经地义，光明正大。我们敦促美方正确看待中萨建交。 

Q: On August 23, the White House released a statement on El Salvador's decision to establish diplomatic relations with Beijing, saying that this decision affects the economy and security of the entire Americas region. The El Salvadoran government's receptiveness to China's interference in the domestic politics of a western hemisphere country is of grave concern to the US, and will result in a reevaluation of the US relationship with El Salvador. The US will continue to oppose China's political interference in the Western Hemisphere. What is your comment?

A: Yesterday I have made clear our stern position on opposing the US interference in the normal development of relations between other countries. I would like to reiterate that El Salvador established diplomatic ties with China on the basis of the one-China principle. It is a justified and aboveboard decision made without holding anything back. We urge the US to view this in an objective way. 

　　8月21日前，中国在美洲拥有25个建交国，包括美国，没有影响而是积极促进了地区发展与安全。21日后，中国在美洲有了第26个建交国，我就不懂了，为什么这就会影响地区发展与安全？ 

　　萨尔瓦多同联合国及其他177个国家站到一起，承认一个中国原则，同中国建交，顺应历史潮流，顺应国际大势，符合国际法和国际关系基本准则，也符合中萨两国和两国人民的根本利益。某些国家对此说三道四，是不是在干涉萨尔瓦多内政？到底是谁在对地区进行政治干预？这不言而喻。 

　　拉美和加勒比地区是世界多极化和经济全球化中一支独立自主、日益发展的力量。我们奉劝某些人，应尊重别国自主决定内外事务的权利，停止霸权主义行径。 

Before August 21, China had diplomatic relations with 25 countries in the Americas, including the US, and China has been working for, not against, regional development and security. After August 21, that number reached 26. In what way does that affect regional development and security?

El Salvador chose to side with the UN and other 177 countries by recognizing the one-China principle and establishing diplomatic ties with China, which conforms with the trend of the times and the international situation, accords with international law and basic norms governing international relations, and serves the fundamental interests of China and El Salvador and the two peoples. Does not this finger-pointing by some country constitute interference in El Salvador's internal affairs? Who on earth is carrying out political interference in the region? The answer is obvious.

Latin America and the Caribbean region is an independent and ever-growing force for economic globalization in a multi-polar world. Our advice for the relevant people is to show respect for other countries' independent right to determine their domestic and foreign affairs and stop hegemonistic behaviors.