The West probes China's stance on the Ukraine issue 0
(Dan Tri) – European leaders continuously visited or planned to visit China, after Beijing proposed a peace plan for the conflict in Ukraine and President Xi Jinping came to Russia.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang welcomed Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at the Boao Asia Forum on March 30 (Photo: Reuters).
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez began his visit to China this week.
Mr. Sanchez had planned to attend trade meetings at the Boao Forum for Asia on China’s Hainan Island on March 30 before traveling to Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping on March 31.
The Spanish Prime Minister said he would `find out directly China’s position on peace in Ukraine and convey the message that Ukrainians will establish the conditions for peace`.
Mr. Sanchez added that Xi Jinping’s invitation to the Spanish leader to visit China demonstrated `international recognition for Spain at a time of such complex geopolitical difficulties.`
Prime Minister Sanchez’s visit to China took place after Mr. Xi Jinping had talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to promote Beijing’s 12-point peace plan for Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron also announced his willingness to visit China early next month to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
In addition to Mr. Macron and Ms. von der Leyen, the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell also said that he will visit China soon, although the date of the trip has not yet been announced.
Chinese media said that European leaders’ willingness to visit China has highlighted Beijing’s `peace promotion` role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Cui Hongjian, Director of the Department of European Studies at the China Institute of International Studies, said that China has an important position in promoting a peaceful solution to the crisis in Ukraine.
`European countries know that China not only has the ability but also shows willingness to make a peace proposal for the Ukraine crisis. They want to express Europe’s position on this issue,` Mr. Cui said.
According to Gao Jian, Director of the Center for European Studies at Shanghai University of International Studies, in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era, the global economy remains gloomy and Europe realizes that the policy of `separation`
