Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin. Figure: Flip the World Wide Web (file photo)
It has been nearly 7 months since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Russian army has suffered successive defeats in recent wars. With the success of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia has successfully recovered large areas of lost land, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and other areas currently controlled by Russia. Recently, a “referendum on accession to Russia” was announced, but the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded lightly: “Every country’s sovereign and territorial integrity should be respected”, and was reluctant to face the fact that Russia violated Ukraine’s sovereignty.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin was asked at a regular press conference on the 21st that Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye will hold the “Entry into Russia” from the 23rd to the 27th. “The referendum,” he jumped on the needle to declare that China has a consistent position on the Ukraine issue, and has always maintained that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be observed, and the legitimate security concerns of all countries should be taken seriously. Efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully should all be supported.
Former Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the mobilization of reservists to join the war on the 21st. The first batch of 300,000 reservists will be recruited, and he hinted at the use of nuclear weapons in a national speech, triggering criticism from the international community. Wang Wenbin said: “We call on Relevant parties will solve the problem through dialogue and negotiation, and find a solution as soon as possible to accommodate the legitimate security concerns of all parties. We also hope that the international community will create conditions and space for this.”
After Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine in February, Beijing has substantively supported Moscow in the fields of diplomacy, economy, trade, and military affairs, and has also called for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. I am willing to condemn, but have never spoken out to stop Russia from attacking Ukrainian civilians; I have only expressed further confirmation about the massacres and torture of civilians by the Russian army in Butcha Town and other places.