The delegations, led by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping, attend a meeting in Beijing.
Taipei:
Taiwan on Saturday condemned as “despising” the timing of China and Russia’s “unlimited” partnership at the start of the Winter Olympics, saying the Chinese government was bringing shame for the spirit of the Olympics.
China and Russia, at a meeting between their leaders hours before the Winter Olympics officially opened, backing each other over the standoffs over Ukraine and Taiwan with the promise of more cooperation to counter the enemy. West.
Russia voiced support for China’s position that democratically administered Taiwan is an inviolable part of China and opposes any form of independence for the island.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry said China’s continued claim to the island as part of the People’s Republic of China is identical to its practice of spreading fake news.
“It not only increases the disgust and disgust of the Taiwanese people towards the arrogance and bullying of the Chinese government, but it also shows all countries in the world clearly the sinister side of the Chinese government. invasion, expansion and peaceful destruction of the Chinese Communist regime.”
The ministry added that, at a time when all eyes of the world are focused on the Winter Olympics and cheering on their athletes, the Chinese government has used the Russia summit to participate. engaged in the expansion of authoritarianism.
“This is an insult to the peaceful spirit embodied by the Olympic Ring, and will be rejected and despised by the people of Taiwan and belittled democratic countries.”
The United States also criticized the meeting, saying that Chinese President Xi Jinping should have used the meeting to promote de-escalation in Ukraine.
The Olympics, in which Taiwan sent a small team of four athletes, are taking place at a time of heightened tensions between Taipei and Beijing, with China regularly sending ships and military planes to the region. near this island.
While Russia is a close friend of China, both Russia and Taiwan maintain de facto small embassies in each other’s capitals.
Former Taiwanese President Chiang Ching-kuo, who began the tentative democratic reforms, spoke Russian and was married to a Russian woman he met while working there in the 1930s.
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