Chinese minister says US mind your own business. Both Ukraine and Taiwan are free countries, they decide for themselves and can count on Western support.
Brazilian President Lula spoke about the war in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with Russian President Putin. In the conversation, Lula once again underlined that he wants to act as a mediator in the war, “together with India, Indonesia and China”, in order to search for peace, he writes on Twitter.
The Kremlin said in a statement after the talk that Putin told Lula that he was open to dialogue on Ukraine “on the political and diplomatic track”. According to the Kremlin, Lula initiated the conversation.
War must stop now, useless bloodshed , if it go’s on for more years still no-one will win
what does China actually have to offer, the country was silent for a long time. Only Russia may benefit from it, would like to supply gas. Ukraine only wants the Russians to withdraw behind their own borders, only then will this war be over. Also from Crimea.
What is new is that Ukraine is becoming operationally stronger by the week and the Russians are weaker.
China as a peacemaker and “world power” has something comical about it now that the tide is turning unfavorably for Russia.
What China may want is to strengthen economic ties with Ukraine, remains a major grain exporter, among other things, influence by making investments, if that is the intention, I get it.
Chinese diplomat Li Hui will visit Ukraine tomorrow. He is the highest-ranking Chinese delegate to visit the country since the Russian invasion. Who is this diplomat and what does China hope to achieve with his visit?
Li is the Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs in China. Until 2019, he was the ambassador to Moscow for ten years. He speaks fluent Russian and even received an award from President Putin in the ‘Order of Friendship’. “He is someone who does not come across as neutral to Europe and Ukraine at all,” says China expert Ardi Bouwers in conversation with Nieuwsuur.
Nevertheless, Bouwers thinks that China’s intention to mediate between Ukraine and Russia is indeed serious. “Since Xi visited Putin, he has said that he wanted to make an effort to contribute to peace. You see a movement from China that they want to show that they want to play an important role.”
Dent in the friendship
Officially, China does not take a position in the conflict, but there is international doubt about that. Since the invasion, Beijing has had only a few contacts with Kyiv, and never at the highest level. There were dozens of contact moments with Moscow, both digitally and in person.
Yet the friendship between China and Russia does not seem as strong as it once was. In February last year, just before Russia invaded Ukraine, Xi and Putin spoke of their “borderless friendship” during the Olympic Games in China. “After Xi’s recent visit to Putin, it was striking that Chinese conversation reports did not mention that friendship. And the contracts for a gas pipeline that Russia is preying on have not been signed either.”
Charm offensive
Bouwers sees sending diplomat Li as a “charm offensive” to show the West that China is not just on Russia’s side. Moreover, Xi has no interest in the war at all, says Bouwers. “Since he took office, Xi has been driving a wedge between Europe and the US. After the outbreak of war, NATO was relevant again and a close alliance between the Europeans and Americans was once again established. Everything Xi had worked on for years, was gone within a week.”
“China is now playing a longer game in which decimating US power is paramount. Part of that is this diplomatic offensive to show: the world cannot ignore China.”
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Beijing: We respect sovereignty of former Soviet countries
China has stressed that it respects the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet states. The reason for this statement by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the outrage that arose after statements made by the Chinese ambassador in France.
On French television, Lu Shaye said Crimea is historically part of Russia and was offered to Ukraine by former Soviet leader Khrushchev. “These former Soviet countries have no real status in international law because there is no international agreement to establish their sovereign status,” Lu also said.
Ukraine, but also other former Soviet countries such as Moldova, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, reacted angrily and wanted clarification from China. The Chinese embassy in Paris stated that the statements reflected the ambassador’s “personal views” and were not a political statement. France itself announced that Lu Shaye could expect a “very firm” conversation.
The Chinese diplomat has often been called to account by the French Foreign Ministry for statements. For example, he suggested that France left elderly people in nursing homes to fend for themselves during the corona pandemic.
this ambassador has to be send away now, enough is enough
China gets more and more ‘bigger’ at the end the world will pay the price
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