China strongly protests U.S. measures disrupting Geneva consensus: FM

(ECNS) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Tuesday said China firmly opposes and has strongly protested to the U.S. recent actions that have seriously disrupted the consensus reached by the two countries in Geneva, Switzerland and harmed China's rights and interests.

The Geneva consensus was reached in line with the principle of mutual respect and equal-footed consultation and China has been responsibly and faithfully implementing the consensus, Lin said at a press conference.

The spokesperson further pointed out that without any factual ground, the U.S. falsely accuses China of violating the Geneva consensus, and has issued harmful extreme measures against China, such as new chip export controls, blocking EDA sales, and pledging to revoke Chinese students' visas.

"Those actions have seriously disrupted the Geneva consensus and hurt China's legitimate rights and interests. China firmly opposes them and has strongly protested to the U.S.," Lin said.

Lin reiterated that pressuring and coercion are not the right way to engage China. “We call on the U.S. to respect the facts, stop spreading disinformation, reverse the wrongdoings, and act to uphold the consensus,” he said.

(By Zhang Dongfang)