Chinese power, which does not want to put forward, is concerned about the effect of arms deliveries in Kiev as well as sanctions imposed in Moscow.
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China does not intend to play a leading role in the resolution of what it continues to call “the Ukrainian crisis”. By testifying the – long – communiqué published by Beijing after the telephone interview that President Xi Jinping had, Tuesday, March 8, with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz. Xi had previously mentioned the subject only with a single foreign officer: Vladimir Putin, on February 25, in the aftermath of the beginning of “the special military operation”, as Moscow designates the war he currently leads to Ukraine . Two phone calls in thirteen days and none for the Ukrainian president. At the same time, the American president, Joe Biden, had seven telephone interviews with the Europeans and met with the Finnish president, Sauli Ninistö, at the White House.
According to the press release, XI “deeply deplores the return of the war in Europe”. China offered its help, but it is largely based on “humanitarian corridors” that are often, according to Europeans, a trap tense by Vladimir Putin to the civilian populations. Xi Jinping recalled China’s constant position since the beginning of the conflict: “The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected” – keeping the convasion of Ukraine – and “concerns Security legitimate of all countries must be taken seriously “. If China appreciates the efforts of good offices deployed by France and Germany “, it clearly does not intend to take the leadership, which confirms the Elysee Communiqué:” President XI has supported the ‘Action of France and Germany for a ceasefire. “
China hears all the less to go forward than it disagrees on several points with the Europeans. Thus, it considers “necessary to call the greatest restraint to avoid a large-scale humanitarian crisis”. An indirect way to criticize the deliveries of Western weapons to Ukraine. Even more explicit, Beijing is concerned about the consequences of Western penalties, without calling into question the war because they will “produce impacts on the stability of finance, energy, transport and supply chains in the world. and weigh heavily on the global economy (…) What is beneficial for anyone “, continues the press release.
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For China, Europe must “continue its strategic autonomy and promote a balanced, effective and sustainable European security framework”. How? ‘Or’ What ? “By conducting an equal dialogue between the European Union, Russia, the United States and NATO,” Judge XI.
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