After the French president had estimated that Russia was entering into “a form of vassalization with regard to China”, the Kremlin denounced a “absolutely wrong approach” from Emmanuel Macron whom the Kremlin castigates through the voice of his spokesperson. According to Dmitri Peskov, the exit of the French president “results from an absolutely erroneous understanding of the essence of what is happening” between the two powers. “Our relations with China are in the nature of a special strategic partnership”he assured, saying to himself “categorically disagree” with the position defended by Emmanuel Macron.
In an interview with the French newspaper Opinion published sundaythe French Head of State had estimated that “Russia has[vait] already geopolitically lost” by carrying out a military offensive in Ukraine. “It has de facto started a form of vassalization with regard to China”he supported.
Dmitri Peskov, for his part, said on Monday that the relationship between Moscow and Beijing was a matter of “taking into account mutual interests, mutual benefits, closeness in their worldviews, joint rejection of attempts to dictate [et] to impose someone else’s opinion on the development of our countries”.
For nearly fifteen months, China has never publicly condemned Moscow’s military intervention in Ukraine, unlike the majority of the major world powers. In mid-March, the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, even went to Moscow for a much noticed summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, where the two leaders displayed their union against Westerners.
However, China this week sent an envoy to Europe to“a political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis”. In addition to visiting Russia, Poland, France and Germany, Li Hui will be in Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to kyiv.
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