China takes a position on the Ukrainian question: “Moscow does not violate international law”
While France, Germany and Great Britain invite their compatriots to leave the country, China does not want war in Ukraine and in the name of “a peaceful solution that guarantees security and stability in Europe” asks the Western allies to take some steps towards Russia on the controversy surrounding NATO enlargement. While in Moscow he remembers: “Nobody is above international law”.
In some respects, that of the Chinese foreign minister Wang Ya was the most surprising intervention at the Munich Security Conferenceon whose central stage at the Bayerischer Hof today the secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance alternated, Jens Stoltenbergthe German Chancellor Olaf Scholzthe American vice president Kamala Harristhe British premier Boris Johnson and the Ukrainian head of state, Volodymyr Zelensky. “Ukraine must be a bridge that unites East and West and not a front line for a competition between different powers”, says Wang Yi – on video link – and “no country, not even a superpower, is above international law. , nor can it replace international rules with its own “.
Surprisingly clear words from the head of diplomacy of Xi Jinping, to which it is important to underline that Beijing intends to play “a constructive role for peace”. The messages are addressed to all parties involved: on the one hand, Wang says, “Russia’s concerns must also be respected”, and NATO “adaptation” would be necessary.
“If there is an enlargement of the Atlantic Alliance, will there really be a guarantee of peace? It is a question that our friends in Europe must seriously ask themselves”, asks the minister of Xi, making it clear what the meeting point could be. of the negotiation. On the other hand – this time the recipient is Moscow – “the principle of the inviolability of borders is valid for all states that adhere to the United Nations, Ukraine is no exception”.
TWO UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS KILLED/ They rose to two Ukrainian soldiers killed during today’s clashes with pro-Russian separatist forces, whose attacks also targeted a group of officers who were inspecting the front line in the Donbass. This was confirmed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is in Germany for the Munich Security Conference and who also reported three wounded soldiers. The first of the victims, said the head of state of Kiev, was killed by an artillery strike at 6 this morning and leaves three daughters aged one, six and ten. Meanwhile, the “Sky News” broadcaster reported on a group of officers forced to take shelter in an air-raid shelter after being targeted by bullets from separatist forces.
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In a sense, Wang Yi proposed a kind of road map: “Both Russia and the Europeans and the US have agreed that the Minsk agreements must be the basis for a solution: we must now concentrate on this”. In other words: “Why can’t the parties sit down at a table, conduct detailed talks and come up with a plan to implement the Minsk arrangements?”, Points out Wang. “This is what should be done, instead of increasing tensions and causing panic. Now all countries should take responsibility and commit themselves to a peaceful solution”.
Wang Yi, albeit amidst smiles, does not seem to be giving discounts to the Kremlin: “The sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of each country must be protected and respected. It is one of the founding norms of international relations”. On the other hand, “we have returned to a Cold War mentality”, but it is wrong to turn back the clock of history. The key to overcoming conflicts is multilateralism: “To transform the world into a better place, countries must work together, in a climate founded on cooperation, not competition”, continues the Beijing minister, according to whom “we must” working hand in hand “, while” the security of a country must not come at a high cost, just as it is not acceptable for someone to form military blocs “.
The question, Wang Yi does not hide it, also has the color of the accounts: after the pandemic “the world economy is recovering slowly, and to move towards sustainable progress we appeal to all countries to act together”. Openings and warnings from the Munich stage. This is the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask Russia to “tone it down before it’s too late”. Moscow “would have absolutely nothing to gain from this catastrophic enterprise and would have everything to lose, and if it invades Ukraine it will be the destruction of a democratic state”, insists BoJo.
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