Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping met in Uzbekistan as part of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.
The strengthening of ties between China and Russia, whose leaders met Thursday, September 15 in Uzbekistan, harms “international peace“, Estimated Friday, September 16 the government of Taiwan.
Chinese Presidents Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin showed Thursday in Samarkand their desire to support each other and strengthen their ties in the midst of a crisis with the West, during their first meeting since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russia last February. During the meeting, Vladimir Putin renewed Russia’s support for Beijing’s claims on Taiwan.
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The Chinese regime considers the island part of its territory and has vowed to take it back one day, by force if necessary. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has deeply worried Taipei, which fears that one day it will suffer the same fate. Taiwan”Severely condemns Russia for following the authoritarian and expansionist government of the Chinese Communist Party in its false statements at international meetings that undermine the sovereignty of our country“said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release.
Moscow”calls those who maintain peace and the status quo provocateurs, which goes to show the damage that the alliance between the Chinese and Russian authoritarian regimes does to international peace, stability, democracy and freedom“, continues the press release. Tensions in the Taiwan Strait reached their highest level in decades last month. China has carried out an unprecedented show of force in retaliation for a visit to Taipei by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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For a week, China sent fighter jets, missiles and warships to Taiwan’s waters and skies. Taipei considered these military exercises to be a dress rehearsal for an invasion. Pressure on Taiwan has increased since Xi Jinping came to power in Beijing ten years ago. Xi Jinping considers the “unificationfrom Taiwan as part of his project togreat rejuvenation” from China.
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