Head of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping thanked the President of France Emmanuel Macron for clarifying questions on the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. This publication reported Bloomberg referring to a high-ranking French official.
According to him, Paris and Beijing agreed to support any efforts to restore peace in Ukraine on the basis of international law.
It is noted that the visit to China did not live up to the expectations of Macron, who hoped to convince Xi to use his influence on the dictator. Vladimir Putinfor Russia to end the war.
The official said that China’s support for the agreed statement is a sign that the PRC is allegedly ready to “effectively participate in peace efforts.”
He stressed that the talks between Macron and Xi paved the way for “further joint work to achieve peace,” but France did not expect China to completely switch sides in the war.
A spokesman for Paris said that at the end of the last meeting, Xi thanked Macron for clarifying matters.
- On the eve of the visit to China, Macron and the US President Biden agreed to involve China in accelerating the end of the war in Ukraine.
- During the visit, Macron said he was counting on China to “bring Russia to consciousness.”
- According to Politico, the French president failed to influence Xi’s position on Russia’s war against Ukraine.
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