Such an opinion in an interview with the founder of the online publication “GORDON” Dmitry Gordon was voiced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine in 2014-2016, the leader of the Popular Front party Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
“China… him [президент РФ Владимир Путин] sent this his … misfortune, Medvedev to China, a [главе КНР] Yup [Цзиньпину]. China also reacted, and their reaction is generally very interesting… After the meeting between Medvedev and Xi… in a great work, like “they love Russia”, there is a clear paragraph on Ukraine. He doesn’t say a word about China supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine. He says it is necessary to seek ways of understanding, including through political and diplomatic dialogue. That is, they didn’t get what they expected,” Yatsenyuk said.
According to him, China has begun to publicly position itself as “a possible peacemaker or a country that does not directly support Russia.”
“And everything would be different if after the 24th [февраля] Ukrainian troops did not push back [полномасштабную атаку] Russians. That is, the Chinese sat and watched,” Yatsenyuk emphasized.
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China since then Russian attack on Ukraine tries to maintain a neutral position, but does not directly condemn Moscow’s actions.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba believes that China’s position on Russia’s war against Ukraine more beneficial for Kievcompared to Moscow.
On Dec. 15, The Wall Street Journal, citing Beijing political advisers, reported it Xi Jinping put the Chinese government in charge establish closer economic ties with the Russian Federation.
On December 21 in Beijing took place meeting between Medvedev and Xi Jinping, during which the deputy head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation handed over a letter from Putin to the president of the PRC. Xi Jinping said China has always “taken an objective and fair position and actively promoted peace talks” on the issue of the Ukraine crisis, he said. quotes website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China. “He expressed the hope that the interested parties remain reasonable and show restraint, engage in a comprehensive dialogue and solve common security problems by political means,” the statement read.
In an interview broadcast on Dec. 23, Chinese Ambassador to the EU Fu Kong said Beijing does not want to choose “between good friends” Ukraine and Russia. According to him, the PRC does not benefit from Russia’s war against Ukraine and is not interested in dragging it out.
