China on Wednesday strongly urged the U.S. to immediately stop arms sales to Taiwan to avoid further damage to the peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits and the relations between the two countries and their two militaries.

Wu Qian, a spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks in an address on the U.S. State Department's approval of a plan to sell weapons worth 620 million U.S. dollars to China's Taiwan region.

This move by the U.S. side seriously violated the one-China principle and the three joint communiques between China and the United States, and rudely interfered in the domestic affairs of China, to which China expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition, he said.

The People's Liberation Army will take all necessary measures to firmly safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and resolutely safeguard peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, Wu said.

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