China congratulates Yamandu Orsi on election as Uruguayan president: spokeswoman

China congratulates Yamandu Orsi on his election as the new president of Uruguay, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday.

Orsi will succeed the sitting president Luis Lacalle Pou in the 2025-2030 period after winning the second round of the presidential elections. Lacalle Pou recognized the opposition candidate as president-elect on Sunday.

"We express congratulations for this smooth and successful presidential election in Uruguay and congratulate Mr. Yamandu Orsi on his election as the new president. China attaches high importance to growing relations with Uruguay and stands ready to work with Uruguay to further strengthen mutual political trust, deepen cooperation and exchanges in various fields, have closer communication and coordination in international and regional affairs, and work for the sustained and in-depth development of our comprehensive strategic partnership to the benefit of the two peoples," said Mao.

China congratulates Yamandu Orsi on election as Uruguayan president: spokeswoman

China congratulates Yamandu Orsi on election as Uruguayan president: spokeswoman

China highly appreciates Russia's just position of upholding the one-China principle, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Monday.

Mao made the comments in response to a media query on the remarks made by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko on Thursday in an interview in which Rudenko said the Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair.

Noting that the United States has violated the one-China principle, Rudenko said that under the pretext of maintaining the "status quo", it has stepped up its military and political engagement with Taiwan and increased its arms sales to the region, aiming to provoke China and create crisis in Asia for its own selfish interests.

"We noted the reports. The one-China principle is a prevailing international consensus and a basic norm governing international relations. China highly commends Russia’s just position of staying committed to the one-China principle and opposing the attempt of using Taiwan to contain China," said Mao.

China highly commends Russia's just position on upholding one-China principle: spokeswoman