Forcing a confrontation with China over Taiwan isn’t in the best interest of the West, says France’s new envoy to Washington. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - The French government believes that forcing a confrontation with China over Taiwan isn’t in the best interest of the West, saying the island’s current ambiguous status may be the best for all concerned, according to France’s new envoy to Washington.
“There are certain issues, we have to think that maybe the status quo is the best that we can achieve.” “We are both speaking about de-risking,” rather than decoupling, he said. “We also assume that China is both a partner sometimes but also a competitor and, even more, a systemic rival. So I think in that way we are very close.”
“We are going to support Ukraine as long as it takes,” he said. “We don’t want to escalate, but we don’t want also to accept a victory of Russia.”
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