One-China principle a cornerstone in Asia's peace

Russia, like most countries in the world, strictly adheres to the one-China principle and the territorial integrity of China despite the United States and some of its allies trying to stir up geopolitical turbulence in the Asia-Pacific, Russian experts said.

Sergey Lukonin, head of the China Economics and Politics Sector at the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations in the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted that the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Jan 13 that Russia acknowledges that there is only one China, and that the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.

Moreover, given the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, any discussions about so-called Taiwan sovereignty, as well as activities aimed at Taipei gaining such sovereignty in any form, are completely unacceptable, said Lukonin, also an expert of the International Primakov Readings Forum.