TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday (Oct. 3) said Russia stands alongside China on Taiwan and other issues.

In an interview with the Russian government newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Savrov said, “Russia's position on the Taiwan issue has been unchanged support for China's territorial integrity.” He said this support has been expressed at different levels, “including at the very top.” 

He criticized the US for “deliberately stirring up the situation in the Taiwan Strait.” "In violation of the 'one China' principle that they recognize, they are strengthening ties with the island's administration,” Lavrov said.

Lavrov said the two countries felt similar "in assessing the risks associated with the advance of the West” in the Indo-Pacific region. He said the US and NATO discredited the security mechanisms in Europe and Euro-Atlantic affairs. 

The Russian foreign minister called for a "new architecture for Eurasian security. He said Russia supports China in opposing US attempts to influence the region. 

In addition, Lavrov commended China’s balanced approach to the Ukraine War. He said both countries sought to stop the war’s causes, which they said were NATO's expansion eastward and the creation of an "anti-Russian military bridgehead in Ukraine.” 

Lavrov said that China and Brazil have been working on a peace proposal consisting of a conference with leaders from Russia and Ukraine. He said Ukrainian President Voldodymyr Zelenskiy rejected the idea, forming his "victory plan" and insisted on restoring Ukraine's 1991 post-Soviet borders.