War in Ukraine – China’s increasingly unambiguous support

“IIt has to be China! » Interviewed in early March by the Spanish daily El Mundo, Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, hammered home his conviction: a mediator must bring Vladimir Putin to his senses, and that can only be Xi Jinping. Well placed the Red Emperor to appease the Tsar? Nothing is less sure. Doubling the hopes of those who hoped for a neutral mediator in Beijing, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi, bluntly reaffirmed this Monday, March 7 the Sino-Russian understanding, “solid as a rock”. The official representative of Chinese diplomacy again carefully avoided speaking of “invasion”. Not the first ounce of condemnation obviously nor the slightest sign of pressure on Mr.

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