Chinese FM on Taiwan Elections, China-Russia: The One China Principle Is International Consensus

Chinese FM Wang Yi said in a statement that was posted on the New China TV YouTube channel on March 7, 2024 that elections in Taiwan are nothing more than local elections in one part of China and that they do not change the fact that Taiwan is part of China or the "historical trend" of "reunification" between Taiwan and China. He said that the One China Principle is an international consensus and guarantees peace in the Taiwan Strait, that any country maintaining relations with Taiwan is interfering with China's internal affairs, that China is committed to peaceful reunification, and that China will not allow Taiwan to be separate from "the motherland." Speaking about China's relations with Russia, he said that the strategic cooperation between the two countries is a "new paradigm" of major country relations and advances a multipolar world order.