China still wants to be neutral. Yesterday representatives of the country met with senior officials from the United States, with the Spanish Foreign Minister, the ambassador to Ukraine has even made statements, and the message is clear: “We are not going to attack Ukraine.”
The Chinese ambassador to Ukraine assures that Beijing “will never attack” the country and reaffirms its strategic relationship. “China is a friendly country for the Ukrainian people, and as ambassador I can say that we will be a good force for Ukraine, both economically and politically. We will always respect the state and develop relations on the basis of fairness and mutual benefit.”
He respects the “path chosen by the Ukrainians because it is a sovereign right that each nation has” and recalled that the Chinese Embassy has been moved from kyiv to Lviv in the face of the Russian invasion. He has praised the strength of the Ukrainian people and it also highlights how it is united at the moment.
China denies aid to Russia
The meeting in Rome of the Chinese and US foreign and security officials it ended, according to Chinese experts, without Washington succeeding in getting Beijing to alter its vaunted neutrality on the war in Ukraine or to comply with Western sanctions on Russia.
The meeting, which lasted more than eight hours, seated the American national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, in front of the director of the Office of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Commission, yang jiechi, It ended with a few communiqués with few details about what was really discussed in the meeting.
The meeting was marked by American suspicions of an alleged request for military aid from Moscow to Beijing, that they deny, at a time when several voices in the West had asked China to step forward as a mediator and also to abide by the sanctions it imposed on Russia.
Why China still defends the ‘alliance’ with Russia
China has avoided using the word invasion, and is also opposed to what it considers “unilateral sanctions” on the grounds that “they do not bring peace and security” but rather “serious economic difficulties for the inhabitants of the affected countries.”
For Beijing, the invasion is not enough to abandon its “strategic alliance” with Moscow, and it has already warned that does not want to be affected by sanctionswill defend the “legitimate interests and rights” of its companies and individuals and will continue to buy gas and oil from Russia.
This is how sanctions against Russia affect China
The sanctions against Russia, such as the block of ruble reserves, the access of its main banks to the international system of Swift transfers, have triggered the price of oil and other raw materials.
In addition, energy costs have risen and it may affect global supply chains in China, a major consumer of Russian gas, oil and cereal grains, seeing how its economic growth stalls.
China talks with Spain
Yesterday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, held a telephone conversation with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, so that use your influence on Russia and that this country put an end to the war against Ukraine.
During the telephone conversation, Albares explained to his counterpart that “we are facing a historic moment that requires a sense of responsibility and a vision of the future from all world leaders.” The minister also acknowledged thathe sanctions are not easy for anyone but “we are fully committed and willing to assume the consequences”.
“Russia has undermined the foundations of peace and stability in Europe, and already threatens the international community as a whole. Spain is fully committed to the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity in Ukraine.”
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