US should stop interfering in China's internal affairs: Wang Yi

The United States should stop interfering in China's internal affairs and respect China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.

Wang made the remarks when briefing the media on the meeting between Chinese and US presidents and answering questions.

"Taiwan is part of China, and the Taiwan question is China's internal affair," Wang said, adding that the reason why China and the United States had to discuss the Taiwan question was because the United States interfered in China's internal affair.

President Xi Jinping stressed that the Taiwan question is "the core of the core interests of China," the bedrock of the political foundation of China-US relations, and the red line that the United States must not and should not cross in China-US relations.

China urges the US side to match its words with action, abide by the one-China policy and the three China-US joint communiqués, fulfill its commitment of "not supporting 'Taiwan independence,'" stop fudging and hollowing out the one-China policy, restrain and stop "Taiwan independence" separatist rhetorics and activities, and prevent the situation from moving to a point of no return, Wang said.