China, which has been asked by the United States and others to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, has stepped up its verbal support for Russia to counter it.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhao Lijian, said at a regular press conference in Beijing on the 29th, “The key to the success of China-Russia relations is that it transcends the military and political alliance model of the Cold War era.” The two countries continued, “We are committed to building a new model of international affairs.”
He also commented that the model is different from the “Cold War thinking” that some countries show. This is a claim that China often makes when criticizing the United States. China has said that the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has driven Russia into an attack on Ukraine.
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