‘Taiwan is an integral part of China’: This Asian giant gives massive support to China as it begins ‘live-fire’ exercise near Taiwan, not India or Japan

Taiwan-China tensions: In a massive global development, an Asian country has come in support of China amid its ‘tensions’ with Taiwan. For those unversed, China is doing latest round of live-fire exercises around Taiwan. The exercise is important as China, under the leadership of President Xi Jinping is using live ammunition instead of blanks or dummies. Here are all the details you need to know about China’s recent military exercise and which country is coming in support of China against Taiwan.

‘Taiwan is an inseparable part of China’ says Russia

In the recent development, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reiterated that Taiwan is an inseparable part of China. Indicating that Moscow firmly opposes any form of independence for the island, Lavrov said in an interview with TASS published on Sunday that Moscow considers “the Taiwan problem is an internal affair” of China and stressed that “Beijing has every right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

What is Russia’s stand on Taiwan?

Not stopping at the above points, Russian Foreign Minister has said that debates around Taiwan are often conducted “in isolation from reality and by manipulating facts,” adding that the wider context is frequently overlooked in international discussions.

Lavrov further said that several countries, despite publicly committing to the One-China policy, in practice support maintaining the status quo. He described such an approach as “their disagreement with the principle of China’s national reunification.”

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In this backdrop, the Russian President Lavrov said Taiwan is increasingly being used as an instrument of “military-strategic deterrence” against Beijing. Alleging that some Western nations seek to benefit from Taiwan’s financial resources and technological capabilities, including through the sale of costly US weapons to Taipei (Taiwan), Lavrov made the country’s stand clear.