The French president estimated on Sunday that Russia was entering “a form of vassalization with regard to China” and that it had “already lost geopolitically”.
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Uno “misunderstanding” of relations between Moscow and Beijing. This is what the Kremlin accuses Emmanuel Macron of. The French president considered that Russia was entering into “a form of vassalization with regard to China”.
“This approach is absolutely false and results from an absolutely erroneous understanding of the essence of what is happening” between the two powers, castigated the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov.
“Our relations with China are of the nature of a special strategic partnership”, he assured, saying he “categorically disagrees” with the position defended by Emmanuel Macron.
In an interview with the French newspaper Opinion published on Sunday, the French head of state had estimated that “Russia has already lost geopolitically” by leading a military offensive in Ukraine.
“It has de facto started a form of vassalization with regard to China”, he supported.
“Recognition of mutual interests”
Dmitry 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, proximity to their worldviews, joint rejection of attempts to dictate (and) to impose someone else’s opinion on the development of [leurs] country “.
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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, Chinese President Xi Jinping even went to Moscow for a much-noted summit with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, where the two leaders displayed their union with Westerners.
China, however, sent an envoy to Europe this week with a view 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.