BERLIN/BEIJING, Feb 27 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock underlined China’s “special responsibility” towards Ukraine during a telephone conversation with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, the German minister announced on Twitter on Saturday.
China abstained on Friday during the vote on a draft UN Security Council resolution that would have deplored the invasion of Ukraine.
Wang Yi said Beijing supports NATO, the European Union and Russia in resuming dialogue on building a balanced, effective and sustainable European security mechanism, the Chinese foreign minister said in a statement. published on Sunday.
“China does not support the use of sanctions to solve problems and opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law,” added the statement, which reported Wang Yi’s remarks during his appeal. with Annalena Baerbock.
“We believe that the Council should contribute to a political solution to the current crisis, rather than sparking new confrontations,” Wang Yi also said.
(Report Riham Alkousaa and Muyu Xu; French version Camille Raynaud)