Beijing (AP) – The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi went to Moscow on Monday for interviews with his counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, while Russia and Ukraine discuss the proposal of the American president Donald Trump to end the 3 year war.
Wang should meet Lavrov on Tuesday, a few days after Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle A limited ceasefire After Trump spoke With the leaders of the two countries. It remains to be seen when such a truce could take effect, how long it could last and which targets would be prohibited.
Trump was unleashed at Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday, expressing his frustration towards Russian and Ukrainian leaders. Although Trump insisted for journalists That “we are making a lot of progress,” he admitted that “there is a huge hatred” between the two men. He said he was “angry, upset” that Putin questioned Zelenskyy’s credibility.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun, in comments in accordance with China’s position, said Beijing’s neutrality in the Ukrainian conflict.
“We always think that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way to get out of the crisis. China cooperation with Russia does not target a third party and should not be assigned by any third party,” Guo told journalists during a daily briefing.
China has not mentioned Ukraine in its announcement of Wang’s trip, affirming only that the two countries “continue to deepen consecutive strategic coordination and to extend practical cooperation in various fields”, as well as “maintain basic standards governing international relations”.
“The Chinese part is ready to take this visit as an opportunity to work with the Russian party … on international and regional questions of common concern,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China has provided solid diplomatic support to Russia during the more than three years since it launched a large -scale invasion of its neighbor, as well as an economic rescue by energy and consumer goods. However, he did not knowingly provided Russia with arms or military expertise and proposed a vague peace plan which was quickly rejected by most observers.
Meanwhile, the North Korean leader Kim Jong One expressed his unwavering support for the Russian war in Ukraine at a meeting with a senior Russian security official in Pyongyang on Friday. Who came after the evaluation of the South Korean intelligence at the end of February that North Korea probably had Sent additional troops In Russia, after his forces suffered strong victims of the fight against the Ukrainian forces.
