{"id":4254,"date":"2025-12-29T01:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T02:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=4254"},"modified":"2026-01-02T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T13:48:20","slug":"russia-will-support-beijing-over-taiwan-lavrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/russia-will-support-beijing-over-taiwan-lavrov\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia will support Beijing over Taiwan \u2013 Lavrov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moscow deems the self-governing island as an integral part of China, the foreign minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, and Russia stands firmly against the island\u2019s independence in any form, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.<\/p>\n

In an interview with TASS published on Sunday, Lavrov stated that Russia believes that \u201cthe Taiwan problem is an internal affair\u201d<\/em> of China and that \u201cBeijing has every right to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Lavrov, the standoff over Taiwan is often being discussed \u201cin isolation from reality and by manipulating facts.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0He noted that some countries, while declaring commitment to the One-China policy, de-facto favor preserving the status quo, which actually means \u201ctheir disagreement with the principle of China\u2019s national reunification.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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In addition, Taiwan is currently being used as a tool of \u201cmilitary-strategic deterrence\u201d<\/em> against Beijing, with some Western countries keen to profit from Taiwanese money and technologies, including by selling expensive US armaments to Taipei, the minister said.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s support for China over Taiwan is enshrined in the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation signed between Moscow and Beijing in July 2001, Lavrov recalled, stressing that one of its basic principles is \u201cmutual support in defending national unity and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Taiwan became a self-ruled territory following the Chinese Civil War in 1949, when Nationalist forces retreated to the island after losing mainland China to Communist forces. While formally adhering to the One-China policy, the US maintains close unofficial ties with Taipei \u2013 which include visits by top lawmakers \u2013 drawing ire from Beijing.<\/p>\n

Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized his preference for peaceful reunification with Taiwan but has not ruled out the use of force while denouncing what he described as Taipei\u2019s separatism.<\/p>\n

Lavrov\u2019s statement comes after Russia reaffirmed its support for Venezuela as the country faces a US military blockade in the Caribbean. Washington has accused Venezuelan authorities of having links with drug cartels \u2013 a charge Caracas has denied \u2013 and has struck boats allegedly transporting narcotics to the US. Washington also seized oil tankers off the Venezuelan coast, a move Caracas has denounced as \u201cpiracy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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