MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Monday that China had every right to respond to what it called “provocations” and carry out military exercises around Taiwan.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said everyone should respect China and its actions which were in line with international law.
Peskov also suggested that France, whose President Emmanuel Macron visited China for talks last week, could not broker a peace in Ukraine as Paris is “both indirectly and directly involved in this conflict on the side of Ukraine. Therefore, it is still difficult to imagine any mediation efforts here.” During his visit to China, Macron called on Xi Jinping to “bring Russia back to its senses” over Ukraine.