'We cannot condone any country arguing that another country's independence is the result of historical errors and crazy decisions,' Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong said.
with Moscow may cause a further ideological rift with the West, he doesn't see the same impact in China's immediate neighborhood.
"I do not think that in the region, the fact that China refuses to distance itself from Russia, costs it," the PM said.
He said:"I think it presents them with awkward questions. Because on Ukraine, it violates the principles which the Chinese hold very dearly—territorial integrity, and sovereignty and non-interference. And if you can do that to Ukraine, and if the Donbas can be considered to be enclaves, and maybe republics...
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