“The Wall Street Journal” on the mission of the Chinese envoy in Europe. He was trying to persuade people to move away from unity with the United States.

According to the American newspaper “The Wall Street Journal”, referring to talks with European diplomats, the Chinese envoy, who visited Ukraine and Poland, GermanyFrance and Brussels tried to persuade the Europeans to move away from union with United States of America On the Russian invasion of Ukraine. On Friday, I was in Moscow.

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According to the “Wall Street Journal”, in Europe, Li was received with caution, and European allies had to coordinate their message in order to China. It was to be based on three demands: that Beijing pressure Moscow not to use nuclear weapons, and that it not send them Russia arms and condemn the Kremlin’s aggression.

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One of the officials who attended the meeting with Li said that China is unable to “separate Europe from America” ​​and that Europe will not stop supporting Ukraine. European diplomats are also questioning China’s credibility as a neutral mediator and the Chinese peace plan, which assumes a cease-fire and, in practice, leaving the occupied territories of Ukraine under Russian control.

“We have made it clear that it is not in the interest of the international community to freeze the conflict if there is no withdrawal of Russian forces,” said one of the officials’ interlocutors in Beijing. Li is mostly met by officials at the vice minister level; In Warsaw was the deputy chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wojciech Geruel.

Another official told the Wall Street Journal that China is trying to test the strength of Western unity. There was also an opinion that Beijing seems primarily interested in ensuring that Russia does not lose the war and that nuclear weapons are not used.