“Friendship without borders”: a document of support for Russia issued by China a year after the invasion of Ukraine

One year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this Friday the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs presented a document in which it explains its “position for a political solution to the crisis in Ukraine” in 12 points. The need for “dialogue and negotiations” and “respect for the sovereignty of countries” is also emphasized.

Barely a week before the outbreak of war, the presidents of both countries, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, promised friendly relations “without limits” in Beijing.

“Dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way out to resolve the crisis in Ukraine,” the Asian giant’s Foreign Ministry said in a document posted on its website.

The text is full of some of the points that Beijing has repeated in recent months, in which the international community is asked to “promote peace negotiations”. Likewise, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that China is “ready to play a constructive role.”

“Complex problems do not have simple solutions,” the statement said, adding that countries must abandon the “cold war mentality” and the “expansion of military blocs,” while calling for the construction of a “balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture of the European Union.”

The document guarantees that “there are no winners in war” and calls for a ceasefire and for all sides to “maintain restraint” to prevent the situation from “spinning out of control”.

As it has already stated since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which is now one year old, Beijing insists on the need to respect the “sovereignty and territorial integrity” and “legitimate security concerns” of all countries and calls on all parties to “jointly maintain the basic norms of on which international relations are based.”

Beijing is also demanding an end to “unilateral sanctions”, which it has opposed since the beginning of the conflict, because “they do not solve problems, but create new ones”.

China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its opposition to the “use or threat of use of nuclear weapons” and warns that “nuclear war should not and cannot be waged”, while demanding “the preservation of the safety of nuclear power plants” in Ukraine.

Likewise, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicates that it is necessary to “solve the humanitarian crisis” with actions that “respect the principles of neutrality and impartiality”, “guarantee the export of grain” and “protect civilians and prisoners of war”, supporting the “prisoner exchange” between Kyiv and Moscow .

Beijing also calls for the protection of the “stability of industrial and supply chains” and urges all parties to “protect the existing economic order” and “oppose the politicization and instrumentalization of the world economy.”

Finally, China expresses its willingness to “provide assistance” in “post-war reconstruction.”

Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, China has maintained an ambiguous position within which it has called for respecting the “territorial integrity of all countries”, including Ukraine, and paying attention to the “legitimate concerns of all countries”, in relation to Russia.

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