Pakistan firmly opposes so-called referendum on UN membership by Taiwan authorities

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan firmly opposed the so-called referendum on U.N. membership by the Taiwan authorities, Pakistani Foreign Office said in a statement on Thursday.

Pakistan has all along maintained its principled position of one China and that Taiwan is an integral and inalienable part of the People' s Republic of China, which is the sole government representing the whole of China including Taiwan, Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq said in a written interview with Xinhua.

"This is a consensus of the international community and is undeniably confirmed in the GA Resolution 2758," Sadiq said, "Pakistan believes that Taiwan issue is an internal affair of the People's Republic of China."

Sadiq said Pakistan had opposed attempts to bring about the question of Taiwan in affiliated bodies of the U.N. in the past. "We will oppose any such attempts made in the future too," said Sadiq.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived here Tuesday for a three-day visit to Pakistan as special envoy of the Chinese government. The issue of Taiwan is one of the topics Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterparts covered at their meetings.