Russia: China has the right to take measures to protect its sovereignty

Russia assured on Tuesday that China it can take the necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is after US House President Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan today, which Moscow considers “an obvious provocation.”

“We view this visit as a clear provocation in line with the aggressive US policy of multilateral containment of China,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zazharova said.

Therefore, he added that China has the right to take the necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity in the matter Taiwan.

“We consider relations between the parties in the Taiwan Strait to be exclusively China’s internal affair,” Zakharova stressed.

“We urge Washington to refrain from actions that undermine regional stability and international security and accept a new geopolitical reality in which there is no longer room for American hegemony,” the official said.

Vladimir Putin, at a meeting in Beijing with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, spoke out “against the independence of the island.”

Minutes after landing, Pelosi tweeted that her visit “honors the United States’ unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s dynamic democracy” and “doesn’t run counter to her country’s longstanding policies.”

China has been warning for several days that it will respond harshly and not excluding military action to the presence of American politicians on the island, considering this a de facto demonstration of support for the independence of the territory.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi denounced the “deplorable betrayal” of the United States on the Taiwan issue, predicted that the North American country’s actions would “damage its prestige at the international level”, and called the “one China” principle a “red line” for China.

China warns of ‘selective military action’

The Chinese military has vowed to launch “targeted military action” in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in open defiance of her country.

“The People’s Liberation Army of China is on high alert and will launch a series of targeted military actions to counter this, protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and stop outside interference and separatist attempts at ‘Taiwan independence,'” he said. Qian in his statement.

Television footage showed the 82-year-old Democratic MP arriving at Taipei’s Songshan Airport, where Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu greeted her.

(According to EFE and AFP)