In recent years, economic cooperation between China and Russia has been continuously strengthened (data map)
Beijing:
China says it is a neutral party in the war in Ukraine but has been criticized for refusing to condemn Moscow’s February 2022 invasion.
Beijing last year issued a document calling for a “political solution” to the conflict, which Western countries said could allow Russia to retain much of the territory it had seized in Ukraine.
China said on Wednesday that “the most urgent thing now is to restore peace.”
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at the briefing: “In the past two years, we have never given up our efforts to persuade peace and have never stopped promoting talks.”
“Everything we do is aimed at one goal, which is to build consensus to end the war and pave the way for peace negotiations,” she said.
We will continue to play our unique role, conduct shuttle diplomacy, build consensus among all parties, and contribute Chinese wisdom to promote the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. “
In recent years, economic cooperation and diplomatic contacts between China and Russia have been continuously strengthened, and the strategic partnership between the two countries has become closer since the invasion of Ukraine.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin declared at their summit in Moscow last year that relations between the two countries were “entering a new era.”
In Russia this week, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong declared that relations between the two countries were “at the best period in history.”
Analysts say China has the upper hand in relations with Russia and its influence is growing as Moscow’s international isolation deepens.
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