A senior Russian diplomat believes that it would not make sense to choose a side between China and the United States in any armed conflict, as such a war would “exterminate all humanity.”
Concerns over tensions between Beijing and Washington have escalated this year as China increases its military presence in the South China Sea, near self-governing Taiwan.
According to foreign mediaWhile China claims that Taiwan is its own and the US has no official diplomatic ties with the island, Washington is its most important military supporter and has sought to deepen the couple’s “informal relationship” to the point of anger in Beijing.
“If anyone dares to separate Taiwan from China, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will fight resolutely face to face at all costs and resolutely defend the country’s unity and territorial integrity.“, Said a deputy of the Ministry of Defense of China earlier this month.
Admiral Philip Davidson, a senior U.S. military officer in Asia, said in March that China could invade Taiwan over the next six years. This has raised the question of how Russia, which has strained relations with the US, might react in the event of an armed conflict.
In an interview with Chinese state media Global Times, Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov was asked which side his country would take.
“There will be no answer to this question because I am convinced that there will be no armed conflict between China and the US, just as there will be no armed conflict between Russia and the US, because such a conflict would eradicate all of humanity and then it would make no sense to take sides “, He is quoted as answering.
Biden said he raised human rights, including the imprisonment by Russia of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, as well as cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure believed to have come from inside Russia.
