America: Which side of history does China want to stand on?

Asked about US sanctions against Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and China’s support for Moscow, White House spokesman Jen Saki told reporters in Washington on Thursday night that China would consider Russia’s attack on Ukraine “acceptable behavior.” , Must decide

The White House official also added that China alone could not cover Western sanctions against Russia.

“China has only 15 percent of the world economy, but the West has 50 percent of the world economy,” he said.

“This is really a time for China or any other country to think about where they want to go in history,” Saki said.

According to the Syrian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi exchanged views on the situation in the Donbas region (eastern Ukraine) and the recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry also called on all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to show restraint, saying that the issue of Russian aggression is not as it is sometimes described.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the security interests of all parties would be respected.

China has also stated that it will closely monitor developments in Ukraine.

Criticizing the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that his country recognizes the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics and signed cooperation and friendship agreements with the leaders of those republics at the Kremlin Palace.

In a speech on Russian national television on the morning of Thursday, February 24, Putin announced military action in Donbas and called on Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons and go home.

Reacting to Putin’s move, US President Joe Biden issued a statement saying the world would hold Russia accountable. Putin has chosen a pre-planned war that will result in catastrophic casualties and human suffering.

The president also spoke after talks with members of the Group of Seven, saying that the Russian military had launched a brutal attack on the Ukrainian people, calling it unreasonable, unnecessary and pre-planned, and calling Vladimir Putin an aggressor. And announced that we would impose new sanctions on Moscow.