Beijing: We hope the Russia-Ukraine war will stop

According to Fars News Agency’s International Service, news sources in China reported that Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a video conversation with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the issue of Western tensions with Russia over Ukraine.

According to a report by the network «AlgeriaThe foreign ministers of Beijing and Paris discussed the crisis on Thursday, citing Chinese-language news outlets, citing Chinese media outlets such as the Civil Network and the Politburo website.

According to the report, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi seems to have used the word war for the first time in a conversation with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian to refer to the recent tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

“We hope this war will end as soon as possible,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on all sides to take further steps to avoid escalating tensions.

According to Al-Jazeera, “Beijing has so far tried to take a subtle balancing act on the Moscow invasion, refraining from condemning or ignoring Russia’s actions, while at the same time showing a willingness to mediate between Kiev and Moscow.

Senior Beijing officials have repeatedly called for talks to end the conflict since the escalation of tensions between the United States and its allies over Russia over Ukraine, while opposing Western sanctions against Russia.

Accordingly, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Li Jian on Thursday (today) reiterated Beijing’s opposition to imposing sanctions and called for talks to end the Ukraine crisis. He warned, of course, that Beijing would respond decisively to Washington’s move to impose sanctions on China under the pretext of confronting Russia.

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