Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, telegraph channel He wrote that states in the Asia-Pacific region (APR) could begin patrolling the English Channel after the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, invited the European Union to patrol the Taiwan Strait.
“In that case, shouldn’t the naval forces of some countries in the Asia-Pacific region patrol, for example, in the English Channel?” said.
According to Zakharova, the European Union is only one part of Europe that cannot make such decisions on its own.
Borrell had previously said that the navies of the European Union countries should start patrolling the Taiwan Strait. According to him, Europe is obliged to participate in the developing situation in the region.
Before that, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock warned China has stopped using military force against Taiwan.