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O Kremlin said on Thursday that China has a sovereign right to carry out major military exercises around Taiwan and accused the United States of artificially fueling tensions in the region. China fired several missiles around Taiwan on Thursday as it launched unprecedented military exercises a day after US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the self-governing island Beijing claims as part of its sovereign territory. Asked about the Chinese exercises, the spokesman for the KremlinDmitry Peskov, said: “This is China’s sovereign right”. “The tension in and around Taiwan was sparked… by the visit of Nancy Pelosi,” Peskov told...
