The United States and Western countries continue to hype the topic of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine. The situation in Russia and Ukraine is tense and the military conflict is about to break out. At this critical moment, the Chinese ambassador expressed his statement to convey three important information, giving Russian President Putin a reassurance.
As we all know, the unprecedentedly intense Ukrainian issue has become the focus of international attention. The main reason is that the United States has been biting and has taken various actions to create a panic atmosphere. Recently, US President Biden even urgently called on U.S. citizens in Ukraine to evacuate quickly, claiming that "when the United States and Russia begin to exchange fire, it will be an world war ."
At the same time, some US allies have also issued similar statements one after another. For example, the British diplomatic department advised the public not to go to Ukraine, and recommended that British citizens who are still in Ukraine leave as soon as possible; Australian Prime Minister Morrison called on Australians to leave Ukraine as soon as possible, claiming that "this is a dangerous situation and should be sought to find a way to leave Ukraine." Obviously, these actions of the United States and Western countries are "adding another fire" to the already very tense situation in Russia and Ukraine.
Paradoxically, the US side is trying hard to rush on the Ukraine issue and hype the so-called "Russian invasion", but on the other hand, it is asking China to "persuad Russia." On February 10, local time, U.S. Ambassador to United Nations Greenfield claimed that he hoped China "encourages Russia to do the right thing." At the same time, the US also issued a warning and threat to China. US Deputy Secretary of State Newland once claimed that "if there is a conflict in Ukraine, it will not benefit China, and China will pay the price." Not only that, on February 3 local time, the US State Department threatened China, saying that if Chinese companies cooperate with Russia to help Russia offset the effect of US export controls, the US will use "all tools that can be used" to impose sanctions on Chinese companies. Obviously, the US is intending to attract China to enter the market.
In a sense, this not only shows the United States' fear of the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership of China and Russia, but also shows that China's voice has become an existence that cannot be ignored in international occasions. In fact, a "Joint Statement on International Relations and Global Sustainable Development in the New Era" issued by China and Russia has given the answer to China's position on the Ukraine issue a few days ago. In the statement, both sides believe that individual countries, military and political alliances or alliances seek direct or indirect unilateral military advantages, harm the security of other countries through unfair competition and other means, intensify geopolitical competition, exaggerate confrontation, seriously undermine the international security order, and undermine global strategic stability. Both sides oppose NATO 's continued expansion, calling on NATO to abandon ideology during the Cold War and respect the sovereignty and security of other countries. In addition, China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Zhang Jun also responded to the relevant issues, hoping that all disputes should be resolved through diplomacy, hype the tense atmosphere, and Russia's reasonable concerns should be resolved.
It is not difficult to see that China's statement conveys at least three very clear information: one is to hope to resolve disputes through diplomacy, which is also something that the international community is currently working hard to carry out; the other is to stop unreasonable hype. This statement also points directly to the United States to some extent, because all parties are working towards peace, and only the United States continues to intensify the situation; third, respect Russia's reasonable concerns. Earlier, Russia submitted a draft Russian-US security treaty and a safeguards agreement between Russia and NATO member states to the United States, proposing to exclude NATO's further expansion and NATO promise not to include Ukraine and other countries in NATO, but these Russian principled concerns have been ignored by the United States and the West. It can be said that China's statement is enough to give Putin a reassurance, which once again reflects the deep foundation of mutual trust between the two countries.
