Taipei:
Asserting that the military confrontation among China and Taiwan is unlikely, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated Beijing does not will need to use force in order to obtain the “reunification” of the self-ruled nation.
Speaking to CNBC at the Russian Energy Week conference in Moscow Wednesday, Mr Putin stated that China is capable of implementing the national objectives by rising the financial prospective.
“I think China does not need to use force. China is a huge powerful economy, and in terms of purchasing parity, China is the economy number one in the world ahead of the United States now,” the Russian president stated, according to a translation.
“By increasing this economic potential, China is capable of implementing its national objectives. I do not see any threats.”
Chinese President Xi Jinping early this month vowed to pursue “reunification” with Taiwan by peaceful indicates and asserted that the nation firmly opposes any foreign interference in the matter.
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen responded in a speech Sunday, announcing that her government would invest in bolstering its military capabilities in order to “demonstrate our determination to defend ourselves”.
Tensions have escalated among Beijing and Taipei right after almost 150 Chinese military aircraft breached the airspace of Taiwan more than a period of 4 days.
Beijing claims complete sovereignty more than Taiwan, a democracy of nearly 24 million men and women situated off the southeastern coast of mainland China, regardless of the reality that the two sides have been governed separately for more than seven decades.
Taipei, on the other hand, has countered the Chinese aggression by rising strategic ties with democracies which includes the US, which has been repeatedly opposed by Beijing. China has threatened that “Taiwan”s independence” indicates war.