Did China really dump Russia on Ukraine?
At the United Nations, China voted a resolution which speaks of Russia's "aggression" against Ukraine. Is it a break between Beijing and Moscow? Too early to tell. Here because
On April 26, China voted in favor of a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly which explicitly speaks of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT
Although the main topic of the resolution was another – cooperation between the United Nations and the Council of Europe, not the condemnation of Russia -, China's vote is nonetheless relevant: not only is Beijing the main political and economic supporter of Moscow , helping it to mitigate the impact of Western sanctions, but has never either condemned the invasion of Ukraine (preferring to remain neutral) or used this term or its synonyms.
THE POSITIONS OF THE COUNTRIES
A passage of the United Nations resolution of the end of April speaks of the "unprecedented challenges that Europe is facing following the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine" to propose a strengthening of cooperation between the UN and the European Council.
The document has been approved by 122 countries. Eighteen abstained, including South Africa, Iran and Cuba, and five opposed: Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Nicaragua and Syria.
Among the countries that voted in favor were, in addition to China, India, Brazil (members of the BRICS group), Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Azerbaijan , Turkey and Kazakhstan.
HAS CHINA LEFT RUSSIA? PROBABLY NOT
As journalist Antonio Talia, a former correspondent from Beijing, wrote on Twitter, “there is a UN resolution also voted by China and India which explicitly defines the Russian invasion of Ukraine as 'aggression'. But it deals with different themes, and after reading it to say that 'China is giving up on Russia' seems a bit too optimistic”.
There is a UN resolution also voted by China
and India
which explicitly calls the Russian invasion "aggression".
of Ukraine
. But it's about different topics, and after reading it to say that "China quits Russia" seems a bit too optimistic: https://t.co/QuYhyOYYlM
— Antonio Talia (@AntonioTalia) May 2, 2023
Nona Mikhelidze, senior fellow of the think tank Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI), reported a message posted on Telegram by former Kremlin adviser Sergei Markov, former Kremlin adviser, according to which "China voted against Russia at United Nations because of Russian military failures in Ukraine."
Former Kremlin adviser Sergei Markov (frequent guest on #CleanSquare @La7tv ) says #China voted against #Russia at the UN due to Russian military failures in #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/UbGxLegN7n
— Nona Mikhelidze (@NonaMikhelidze) May 1, 2023
“ #China voted in favor of the General Assembly resolution, in which #Russia is defined as the aggressor. So the
— Nona Mikhelidze (@NonaMikhelidze) May 1, 2023
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/la-cina-ha-davvero-scaricato-la-russia-sullucraina/ on Tue, 02 May 2023 14:47:36 +0000.