China’s foreign minister signals deeper ties with Russia

BEIJING, 26 December 2022, (TON): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi defended his country’s position on the war in Ukraine and signaled that China would deepen ties with Russia in the coming year.

Wang, speaking by video to a conference in the Chinese capital, also blamed America for the deterioration in relations between the world’s two largest economies, saying that China has “firmly rejected the United States’ erroneous China policy.”

China has pushed back against Western pressure on trade, technology, human rights and its claims to a broad swath of the western Pacific, accusing the US of bullying. Its refusal to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and join others in imposing sanctions on Russia has further frayed ties and fueled an emerging divide with much of Europe.

Wang said “China would deepen strategic mutual trust and mutually beneficial cooperation with Russia.”

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