Taipei, Jan. 4 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has condemned Russia for echoing China's "false" claim that Taiwan is part of its territory after a top Russian diplomat said Tuesday that cross-Taiwan Strait relations are China's "internal affairs."
According to Russian news agency TASS, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said Tuesday that Moscow "invariably supports" the People's Republic of China (PRC) stance that the "PRC's government is the only legitimate government representing all of China, and that Taiwan is an integral part of it."
"At the same time, we emphasize that relations between the two parties on either side of the Taiwan Strait are a purely internal affair of China," he said, though he believed that Beijing was prioritizing peaceful methods of resolving the Taiwan issue.
In a statement Wednesday, MOFA rejected the "false claims" made by the PRC on Taiwan, officially named the Republic of China, and its sovereignty.
Taiwan is not part of the PRC and the PRC government has never ruled Taiwan, MOFA said, adding that the action by Beijing and Moscow, which seeks to undermine the ROC's sovereignty, should be condemned.
MOFA also criticized both China and Russia for "endangering" peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific.
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