From Beijing they assure that the situation in Ukraine is related to the delay in the new Minsk agreement

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has asked the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, “moderation, de-escalation and resolution” of the conflict in Ukraine through “dialogue and negotiation”, according to a statement from the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

The minister had a phone call with Blinken, to whom he conveyed China’s “concern” about the “deterioration of the situation in Ukraine” and underlined Beijing’s “consistent position”: “The legitimate security concerns of any country must be respected and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations must be upheld,” he explained.

Likewise, Wang lamented “the delay in the effective implementation of the new Minsk agreement” , whose primacy has been claimed by Moscow as the basis for any solution in Ukraine , and declared that China “will maintain contact with all parties” .

This second statement also included comments on the situation on the Korean peninsula: Wang Yi asked Blinken to “pay attention” to North Korea’s “legitimate concerns” and advocated “direct dialogue” between Pyongyang and Washington, while he stressed that China will play a “constructive role” in the denuclearization of Korea. In contrast, the first text published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry referred exclusively to the ties between the two powers, on which Wang Yi asked that “the confrontation does not define relations” between China and the United States.

In contrast, the first text published by the Chinese Foreign Ministry referred exclusively to the ties between the two powers, on which Wang Yi asked that “the confrontation does not define relations” between China and the United States. He also noted that some US officials “advocate long-term and fierce competition” with the Asian country, which he warned could turn into an “all-round confrontation” between the two countries.

The Chinese foreign minister referred to the “United States Strategy for the Indo-Pacific” designed by the White House and announced this month, which warned of “the challenges presented by China” in the economic, military, diplomatic and technological fields. The document, which mentioned “support for Taiwanese defense capabilities” by the US, is a “wrong signal of containment against China” and represents a strategy of “using Taiwan to control China,” Wang lamented. .

The head of Chinese diplomacy urged the US to “take concrete measures” that reflect “the commitments made” by its president, Joe Biden. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communiqué, in which Washington recognized – but did not endorse – the One China principle, according to which Beijing is the only Chinese government, the Chinese foreign minister explained that the document “still has a strong meaning practical for Sino-US relations.

For his part, Blinken assured Wang that the United States is not “seeking to participate in a new Cold War” or “change China’s system” and reiterated his country’s opposition to Taiwan’s independence , the Chinese statement said.

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