China has denied this Monday that Russia would have asked for military help to invade Ukraine, as US media had published citing officials from that country.
“It’s completely false. it’s pure misinformation. China has made its position on the crisis in Ukraine clear and consistent. We play a constructive role and assess the situation impartially and independently. Denigrating China’s position is not acceptable,” the foreign spokesman said at a press conference. Zhao Lijian.
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According to CNN and ‘The New York Times’, Russia has asked China for military support and economic assistance. The US warns of the consequences if this information is shown, but China categorically denies it
According to US officials, quoted among other media by CNN and ‘The New York Times’, China might have already given an answer and stated that such assistance, if given, might change the “state of forces” on the ground and be a counterweight to the harsh sanctions imposed on the Russian economy by the West.
‘The New York’ Times indicated that Moscow has also asked China additional financial support to help counteract the blow to the Russian economy harsh penalties imposed by the United States and European and Asian countries.
So far, China has avoided condemning Russian actions in Ukraine, that you have not described as “invasion”while insisting both on “respect for the territorial integrity of all countries” and on the attention that must be paid to the “legitimate security demands” of Russia.
Chinese spokesmen have also reiterated that China opposes unilateral sanctions because “they do not bring peace and security.”
Chinese spokesmen have also reiterated that China opposes unilateral sanctions. because “they do not bring peace and security” but “serious economic difficulties” to “the inhabitants of the affected countries”.
“They intensify the confrontation and lead to a scenario in which everyone losesspokesman Zhao said last week, referring to the US embargo of Russian oil and gas in retaliation for the Russian offensive in Ukraine.
China and Russia “have always maintained strong cooperation in the energy field” and “will continue to carry out commercial cooperation that includes gas and oil,” explains Zhao, adding that the exchanges will take place in a spirit of “mutual respect and benefit and equality”.
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Security and Foreign Affairs Representatives of the Governments of the United States and China will meet this Monday in Rome to analyze the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on security in Europe and around the world.
The US delegation will be led by the adviser to white house national securityJake Sullivan, and the Chinese by the director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Yang Jiechi.
