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War in Ukraine: "China has a facade of neutrality"

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Vladimir Putin will be in Beijing next week.

This will be the first head to head for Xi Jinping since the start of the pandemic. (Here, the Russian and Chinese presidents in Brasilia, November 12, 2019).

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By: Jean-Baptiste Marot Follow

The Chinese Foreign Minister again refused on Monday March 7 to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine and assured that the friendship between Beijing and Moscow was “ 

solid as a rock

 ”.

Analysis by Marc Julienne, researcher at the Asia Center of the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri).

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Wang Yi also said that China was ready to participate " 

if necessary

 " in international mediation to resolve the conflict.

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