China News Agency, Beijing, March 7th (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) In response to some US and Western public opinion exaggerating the "China's special responsibility theory" in the Ukrainian crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang stated in Beijing on the 7th that China is neither the maker of the crisis nor the cause of the crisis. It is not a party to the crisis, nor has it provided weapons to any party to the conflict. How can it blame China, or even impose sanctions or threats?
We will never accept it.
On the same day, the First Session of the 14th National People's Congress held a press conference, inviting Qin Gang to answer questions from Chinese and foreign journalists on issues related to "China's foreign policy and foreign relations."
Qin Gang said that the Ukrainian crisis was originally an avoidable tragedy, but it has developed to this point, and the lesson is painful, which is worthy of deep reflection by all parties.
The Ukrainian crisis has complex historical and practical reasons, and is essentially a major outbreak of contradictions in European security governance.
Qin Gang said that we always make independent judgments based on the merits of the matter itself.
Between peace and war, choose peace; between dialogue and sanctions, choose dialogue; between cooling down and fighting, choose cooling down.
China is neither the maker nor the party to the crisis, nor has it provided weapons to any party to the conflict.
"Why blame China, even impose sanctions and threats? We will never accept it!"
Qin Gang pointed out that a few days ago, China released the document "China's Position on the Political Solution to the Ukraine Crisis", which put forward 12 propositions, including respecting the sovereignty of all countries, abandoning the Cold War mentality, ceasefire and cessation of war, and starting peace talks. The core is to promote peace talks.
Regrettably, however, efforts to promote peace and talks have been undermined repeatedly. It seems that there is an "invisible hand" pushing the conflict to delay escalation, trying to use the Ukrainian crisis to serve some kind of geopolitical conspiracy.
Qin Gang emphasized that at present, the crisis in Ukraine has reached a critical juncture. Either cease fire and war, restore peace, and embark on the track of political settlement, or add fuel to the fire, expand the crisis, and drag it into an abyss out of control.
Conflict, sanctions, and pressure cannot solve the problem. What is needed now is calmness, rationality, and dialogue. The process of peace talks should start as soon as possible, and the reasonable security concerns of all parties should be respected, so as to find a strategy to achieve long-term peace and stability in Europe.
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