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MOSCOW, 20 February (Reuters) – China’s top diplomat Wang Yi Ukraine will soon come to Moscow to negotiate a possible peace settlement, said a diplomatic source familiar with the matter.
The Russian newspaper “Kommersant” previously reported that Wang had arrived. Russia China’s Foreign Ministry, like the Foreign Ministry, declined to immediately comment.
Wang said last week that Beijing’sUkraine of the crisis political He said that he will reveal China’s position on the solution and that Beijing remains on the side of peace and security.
Putin and Xi Jinping Ukraine when the two leaders met face-to-face before the start of the conflict, China and Russia between them signed an “unrestricted” partnership that caused concern in the West.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24 is the bloodiest since World War II Europe It led to one of the conflicts and the biggest conflict between Moscow and the West since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
China refrains from condemning Russia’s operation against Ukraine or calling the war “special military He avoided calling it an “occupation” in line with the Kremlin, which assessed it as an “operation”.
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The speaker of the Chinese parliament told his Russian counterpart last year that Russia’s actions against Ukraine USAsaid that it was a legitimate response to the provocation of
After the West imposed the toughest sanctions in modern history against Moscow over the war in Ukraine the president Vladimir Putin said that Russia after centuries of viewing the West as the pinnacle of economic growth, technology and warfare, it is turning to Asia.
At the annual Munich Security Conference, Wang accused the United States of violating international norms with “hysterical” behavior.
Wang repeated the call for dialogue and Europe countries to “think calmly” about how to end the war offer did
Wang also said, without specifying who he was referring to, that “it seems that some forces do not want the talks to succeed or the war to end soon.”
USA Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wang on Saturday of the consequences of China’s financial support for Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, adding that Washington was concerned that Beijing was considering supplying arms to Moscow.
Italian Foreign Minister said on Friday that Chinese leader Xi of Ukraine will deliver a “peace speech” on the anniversary of the occupation.
Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; Edited by Nick Macfie
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2023-02-20 12:58:19
Source – reuters
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