Putin on ‘wrong side of history,’ Freeland warns China – National | 24CA News
Beijing wants to grasp that Russian President Vladimir Putin is on the “wrong side of history,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says.
Freeland’s feedback Monday come as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Moscow for a three-day go to within the nation that’s at warfare with its neighbour, Ukraine.
That full-scale battle, which Putin started greater than a yr in the past, continues to play out, and Beijing has asserted itself as a possible peace-broker between the 2 events.
“Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is an illegal and barbaric act. The people responsible for that invasion are war criminals. Everyone in the world has a responsibility to be very clear about that and to speak out about that,” Freeland informed reporters in Oshawa, Ont.
“I would say all the countries in the world have an absolutely clear interest in Putin’s war failing because Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is the strongest challenge in a generation to the rules-based international order, and that rules-based international order is something all the countries of the world depend on.
I’m not going to anticipate what President Xi will say or do in Moscow, but China and China’s leadership needs to understand the stakes here, and needs to understand that Vladimir Putin is on the wrong side of history.”
Russia and China have described Xi’s three-day journey as a chance to deepen their “no-limits friendship.” China appears to be like to Russia as a supply of oil and fuel for its energy-hungry economic system, and as a accomplice in standing as much as what each see as U.S. domination of worldwide affairs.
China final month known as for a ceasefire and peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautiously welcomed Beijing’s involvement, however the overture fizzled.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly mentioned Monday that China’s makes an attempt to dealer peace in Ukraine will probably simply assist Russia re-arm and extend the battle.
“Make no mistake, the Russian regime is looking to buy time to resupply, recruit and re-attack,” Joly mentioned.
“A ceasefire not predicated on Russia’s withdrawal of their troops from Ukrainian territory would only serve Putin’s agenda by freezing the conflict before his losses become even greater.”
Canada and the opposite nations within the G7 have mentioned since final October that they’ll assist Ukraine “for as long as it takes” with humanitarian and army support.
Yet growing nations have lamented feeling compelled to decide on sides between Russia’s invasion and the West’s opposition to it.
Beijing has argued alongside the identical traces, and accused Western powers of escalating the battle by weapons shipments.
“Our position has always been that dialogue and negotiation provides the fundamental way out for the Ukraine crisis, and that the international community needs to play a constructive role,” China’s international ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned Monday.
Wang additionally rejected reviews that the U.S. State Department had discovered Chinese-made ammunition in Ukraine.
“It is the U.S., not China, that has been sending weapons to the battlefields in Ukraine. The U.S. needs to stop fuelling the fight with more weaponry and fanning the flame, stop pointing fingers at other countries or seeking to coerce and intimidate them, and play a constructive role,” Wang mentioned.
“President Xi’s visit is a trip for friendship, a trip for co-operation and a trip for peace.”
— with information from The Canadian Press and The Associated Press
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