China recalls that it does not support the Russian invasion and criticizes the West for "misinterpreting" its relationship with Moscow

MADRID, 5 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Chinese ambassador to the European Union, Fu Cong, recalled that Beijing has never sided with Moscow in the war in Ukraine and has criticized that the West has "deliberately misinterpreted" the statement in which Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping ratified the "limitless" relationship between both countries, three weeks before the invasion.

"'Without limit' is nothing more than rhetoric," he said in an interview for 'The New York Times', in which he also recalled that Beijing has not recognized Russia's attempts to annex some territories in eastern China last year. Ukraine, just as it did not with Crimea and other regions of Donbas in 2014.

Fu has stressed that China will not provide Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine either now or in the future and has criticized US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for "lying on TV" when he speculated in February that Beijing He was considering the possibility of sending weapons to Moscow.

At another point in the interview, Fue explained that China has not outright condemned the invasion of Ukraine because it understands Russia's idea that it is waging a war against the expansionist aspirations of NATO and because in this conflict the reasons "are more complex" than the West would have you believe.

The Chinese diplomat has also made reference to the "obsession" that exists in some Western circles with the telephone call that has not yet taken place between President Xi and President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, and has clarified that although that has not happened it does not mean supporting the Russian invasion.