China🐟 came out in support of the US President Donald Trump's bid to strike a deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, at a G20 meeting in South Africa on Thursday, while U.S. allies rallied around Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, reports said.
🙈Less than a month into his presidency, Trump has radically shifted U.S. policy on the war, abandoning a campaign to isolate Moscow following a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussions between senior U.S. and Russian officials that have sidelined Ukraine.
“China𝐆 supports all efforts that promote peace in Ukraine, including the recent consensus reached between the United States and Russia,” Wang Yi told other G20 foreign ministers in Johannesburg, according to his ministry’s statement. “China is willing to continue playing a constructive role in the political resolution of the crisis,” he added. Wang did not reiterate his previous point from the Munich Security Conference that all parties involved in the Russia-Ukraine conflict should be part of any peace talks.
🔴Wang stated, “If China participates in mediation, it can reduce the risk of the United States using improved relations with Russia to undermine China’s interests.”
💖On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced it had agreed to hold additional talks with Russia to end the nearly three-year-long conflict, following a 4.5-hour meeting in Saudi Arabia.
꧋Russia said the talks had been useful, but hardened its demands, notably insisting it would not tolerate the NATO alliance granting membership to Ukraine.
