Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning.Photo: Screenshot from China CCTV News
Russia has invaded Ukraine with its superior military power, but it has repeatedly hit the iron plate. The Ukrainian army launched a lightning counterattack against eastern and southern Ukraine in September. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on the 12th that it has successively recovered a total of 6,000 square kilometers of lost land. However, to the surprise of all walks of life, when the Ukrainian army was victorious, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs hurriedly shouted for a truce.
According to the Chinese state media Global Network, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning declared at a regular press conference on the latest situation in Ukraine on the 13th: “China’s position on the Ukraine issue is clear and consistent, and calls on all parties to achieve a ceasefire and stop war through dialogue and negotiation. We hope that the international community will create conditions and space for this as soon as possible to find a way to accommodate the legitimate security concerns of all parties.”
Although China, which “firmly supports” Russia, has occasionally called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, every time it responds to issues related to the Ukrainian-Russian war, it either opposes sanctions by Western countries, or complains about the double standards of Europe and the United States. China is reluctant to condemn the numerous missiles launched by Russia on houses and civilian facilities since its aggression against Ukraine, and has never spoken out to stop Russia from attacking Ukrainian civilians; the Russian army has only expressed its willingness to slaughter and torture civilians in the town of Butcha. further confirm.
Compared with conducting military exercises with Russia and buying Russian gas and oil, asking Russia to “truce up the war” is not something China is actively coordinating. When meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, which was once a Chinese territory, Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, said on the 7th that both China and Russia are at a critical historical stage of development and revitalization, and China is willing to continue working with the Russian side. Together, they firmly support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests and major concerns, but he did not mention any words about the “truce”.