Ambassador Fu Cong made it clear that China has never sided with Russia in the war against Ukraine, and that some people “particularly misinterpret its position” when it comes to the “unrestricted friendship between Moscow and Beijing”.
Fu Cong, China’s Ambassador to the European Union, said that the “friendship” that everyone talks about between Beijing and Moscow is just rhetoric and that China has never taken the side of the Russian Federation. Today, April 5, writes The New York Times.
Fu made it clear that China is not on Russia’s side in the war against Ukraine, and that some people “particularly misinterpret its position” when it comes to “unlimited friendship”. The ambassador also noted that the lack of contact between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not mean that Beijing is against Ukraine.
“Limitless” is nothing more than rhetoric. “The fact that President Xi does not meet with Zelensky does not mean that China is with Russia on Ukraine,” Fu said.
Ambassador Fu stressed that China does not provide military assistance to Russia and does not recognize the territory of Ukraine, including Crimea and Donbas, as part of Russia.
He said Beijing did not condemn the invasion because his government believed “the root causes are more complex than Western leaders say”.
Meanwhile, on the eve of French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Beijing, he and US President Joe Biden agreed to involve Beijing in ending the war in Ukraine.
On April 4, China said Beijing was ready to discuss the resolution of the situation in Ukraine jointly with the EU.
But at the same time, in mid-March, the media wrote that Xi Jinping plans to discuss with Putin a mechanism to circumvent the sanctions restrictions.
Source: Focus
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