(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) TOKYO, Feb 17 (KUNA) -- China said Friday that the action of adding two US companies that sold arms to China's Taiwan region onto the Unreliable Entity List and taking corresponding measures is a normal law enforcement action, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
'In recent years, Lockheed Martin Corporation and Raytheon Missiles & Defense have repeatedly sold arms to Taiwan despite China's strong opposition, seriously damaging China's national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity,' the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement.
On Thursday, the ministry announced the decision to put the two companies on the list in response to their involvement in arms sales to Taiwan. The two firms will be prohibited from conducting import and export activities related to China and from adding new investments in China. Their senior management personnel will be also banned from entering the country.
'The two companies' sales of missiles, fighter jets and other offensive weapons to Taiwan have severely undermined China's national security, sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously violated the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiques, and seriously jeopardized peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits,' the statement said. (end)
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