The government on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) stressed that it has not changed its policy on Taiwan after a Chinese Foreign Ministry readout claimed that External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had, in his meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, said that Taiwan belonged to China.
The readout, issued in Mandarin Chinese on Monday evening (August 18, 2025), was also released in English on Tuesday (August 19, 2025). The Ministry of External Affairs did not issue any statement, nor did it officially deny the comment by the Chinese government.
