6 minutes agoChinese official: Putin is crazy, Russia will fail in Ukraine
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Some interesting comments by Chinese officials have circulated, just weeks after leaders of the two countries, Putin and Xi pledged deepening bilateral relations. During private conversations, a number of Chinese officials told the Financial Times that “Kina should not simply forward Russia” to the Ukrainian issue. It seems, simply said, the president [...]
During private conversations, a number of Chinese officials told the Financial Times that “Kina should not simply forward Russia” to the Ukrainian issue.
It seems, simply said, President Xi is trying to distance China from Russia (or at least look like this in front of west).
It seems Beijing understands that the reluctance to condemn the Kremlin and join Western sanctions in Europe is seen as a support for Putin's war.
A Chinese official said: “Putin is crazy”, adding that the <x2vediction for the invasion was taken from a very small group”.
The Financial Times also learns that China “now predicts Russia will fail against Ukraine and will emerge from the conflict as a weakened” power, writes Sky News, Pryskopi explains.
Officials also reportedly have said Moscow had not told Beijing that it had any plans to launch the entire invasion of Ukraine before that happened.
Meanwhile, FT reported that it appears that in Europe it is hoped on a large scale that China could help stop Russia from using nuclear weapons.
“Kina would always oppose the use of nuclear weapons”, said Susan Sirk, of the University of California in San Diego.
But when Xi says these things to Western leaders, he wants to spread an apparent distance from Russia”. /Periscopi/
