World's reaction to Russia's aggression may be "last warning" on Taiwan - Markarova

Ukraine considers wrong the view of some American experts that the United States should “put on pause” the situation regarding Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine and focus on challenges posed by China.

This was stated by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, who spoke in an interview with LB.ua, Ukrinform reports.

"We sometimes hear some American experts say (some of them – not without some help of our northern neighbor) that they need to put on pause the Russia story and deal with China. We see this point of view as wrong. If the democratic world seeks to demotivate China from bad moves in the future, it must react today to Russia's aggressive actions against Ukraine," Markarova said.

Commenting on the assumption that Washington's agreement to launch a dialogue with Russia is primarily due to challenges for the United States coming from China, the ambassador said that "there are no such linear solutions in geopolitics."

"In addition, it is impossible to negotiate with governments that are not very predictable. Our position is very clear: the fight Ukraine is waging is that for democracy. We were being attacked precisely because we’ve chosen a democratic, Euro-Atlantic path. Russia and China are autocratic powers after all. It is impossible to address the issue with an autocratic power by settling with another autocracy,” the diplomat is convinced.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, Japan’s Kyodo agency released a report of a Japan-U.S. joint action plan of response in case China unleashes a war in Taiwan.

Tensions between Taiwan and China have risen sharply in recent months amid increasing military pressure from Beijing, including the presence of Chinese warplanes in the region. Beijing has said it will seize Taiwan by force if necessary, as China considers the island its sovereign territory. Instead, Taiwan emphasizes that the country will defend its independence and democracy.

Earlier, ex-Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said that at multiple world expert platforms discussions were being held behind closed doors on the issue of Russia possibly getting an opportunity to try to gain control of the southeastern part of Ukraine, to which Moscow refers as “Novorossiya,” should China move into Taiwan in the near future.

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