China has pledged to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock not to supply weapons to the war in Ukraine, a relief according to foreign affairs commentator Bernard Hammelburg.
With insurance, the Germans have achieved what the Americans have failed to do in recent months, continues Hammelburg, who argues that Europe was actually an echo pit for American positions. “So Baerbock repeated it in Beijing: ‘Can’t China put some pressure on Russia?’
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In the end, the answer was that the Chinese mainly strive to mediate and are happy to help with this. “But they have also said that they do not intend to supply the warring parties with weapons,” Hammelburg continues. “It’s small, but it counts as an international breakthrough.”
“It’s small, but it counts as an international breakthrough”
In a joint press conference, Baerbock said he wonders “why China’s position does not yet include an appeal to aggressor Russia to stop the war.” President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to Moscow showed “that no other country has more influence over Russia than China,” Baerbock said. Qin Gang says China is focusing on promoting reconciliation and peace negotiations. Beijing has never condemned the Russian invasion.
Source: BNR
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