The government of Taiwan “strongly condemns Russia’s violation of the Charter of the United Nations” for “invading and occupying Ukraine,” according to a statement published by the island’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Russian actions “not only undermine regional and global peace and stability but also damage the international order“, explains the statement, which adds that Taiwan “defends the universal values of democracy and freedom” and that “it will participate in international economic sanctions against Russia”.
For its part, the Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday night that nine Chinese military aircraft had made incursions into the southwest of what Taipei considers its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
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“Russian actions not only undermine regional and world peace and stability but also damage the international order”
In a “sensitive moment” due to the beginning of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, the Taiwanese Air Force responded by sending an air patrol to “track and expel” the aircraft from across the Taiwan Straitreported the Ministry.
Sources from the island’s national security forces quoted by the local press warned this week that Beijing could take advantage of the situation in Ukraine to start a “cognitive war” that would have as objectives to convince the Taiwanese that the United States “would not honor its commitment to defend it” and “sow division”.
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China claims for itself the sovereignty of Taiwan, which it considers a rebellious province for whose reunification it has not ruled out the use of force.
The island is one of the main sources of conflict between China and the United States, mainly because Washington is Taiwan’s main arms supplier and would be its greatest military ally in the event of a war with China.
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According to the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, Beijing sent almost 1,000 planes in 2021 to what Taipei considers its ADIZa figure that represents approximately triple the incursions registered in 2020, when the island began to keep track of them.
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