President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenand the French Emmanuel Macronasked the Chinese leader in Beijing this Thursday, Xi Jinping, Greater participation to promote peace in Ukraineemphasizes the defense of that country’s sovereignty.
Macron was the first to meet with Xi this Thursday. Russia “knows” it has your backing to see that it makes sense and bring all parties to the negotiating table.
“Russia’s aggression has put an end to decades of peace in Europe,” Macron said at a press conference with Xi in the Chinese capital. showed his confidence beijing Help establish negotiations for “a lasting peace that respects internationally recognized borders and avoids any escalation”.
For his part, Xi stressed: “China prefers to talk about peace”however, he limited himself to the comment that, together with France, “we urge the international community to preserve logic and refrain from actions that would exacerbate the crisis”.
Asian country recently released a position paper calling for a “political solution” for war in ukraineA proposal criticized by the West for equating the “aggressor with the attacked”.
In addition, the Chinese president went to Moscow at the end of March to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. to come up with peace proposals the two staged the strength of their relationship.
Therefore, Xi stressed today that he hoped the interested parties would avoid launching “attacks against the civilian population”, called for “protection of the victims” and expressed his opposition to “the use of chemical attacks or nuclear facilities”.
In addition, called for ‘mitigation’ of the warparticularly in developing countries and advocated addressing the “legitimate concerns of all parties”.
Hours later, Xi received Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and later had a trilateral meeting with the European official and Macron.
Xi agreed “The crisis is prolonged” and “it is difficult to resolve”, and he again demanded “calm and rationality” in order to “make peace talks”.
Meanwhile, Von der Leyen emphasized: China’s position in the war in Ukraine “important” and said he hoped the Asian country would promote peace by “supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“This is the cornerstone. We welcome some of the points China has made, such as opposing the use of nuclear weapons. We trust that China will not offer Russia any military weapons because that would be a clear violation of Russia.” international law said Von der Leyen.
The European official assured that Xi reiterated his willingness to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. “When the conditions are right and the time is right”.
The use of force in Taiwan is “not acceptable”
Likewise, Von der Layen made sure that the Taiwan issue, an island that China claims sovereignty over, was discussed in the tripartite meeting.
“Stability in Taiwan vital importance. Changing the current status quo unilaterally and forcibly is unacceptable,” he said.
Xi stressed that the Taiwan “problem” is “the core of China’s interests” and insists that “anyone who believes that China will make concessions on this issue”. “He shoots himself in the foot”.
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Von der Leyen, on the other hand, stressed the importance of decoupling with China this Thursday. It is not a strategy for EU” given that their relationship is “broad and complex”.
However, the official emphasized “risks and imbalances” “to be addressed”.
In particular, he referred European Union’s “unsustainable” trade deficit with ChinaOther issues, such as “forced technology transfer or excessive data requirements”, as well as Chinese policies that “triple” and prevent certain products from “accessing” the Asian giant’s market.
President askedsolve these problems through dialogue In mechanisms such as the EU-China High-Level Dialogue on Economics and Trade.
Meanwhile, the French president expressed France’s desire to continue “the fight against climate change” with China and to work in areas such as “biodiversity, food security and a new financial partnership”.
Within the framework of Macron’s visit to China, which began this Wednesday, Chinese authorities have given approval to formalize an order with European aerospace manufacturer Airbus. According to Élysée, for 160 aircraft from Chinese charter company CASC, of which 150 are from the A320 single-aisle family and the remaining 10 are from the A350 long-range double-aisle model.