The head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Beijing will not allow Russia to lose, writes an authoritative publication from Hong Kong.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told European diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas that Beijing cannot afford to lose to Russia in Ukraine because it fears the US would then turn its full attention to Beijing.
This was reported by Hong Kong's oldest English-language newspaper, South China Morning Post (SCMP), citing its own sources.
The comment, addressed to EU envoy Kaja Kallas, confirms what many in Brussels believe to be Beijing’s position, but contradicts China’s public statements. China’s Foreign Ministry regularly insists that China is “not a party” to the war. Some EU officials involved were surprised by Wang’s candor.
However, sources said Wang rejected accusations that China was materially supporting Russia's war effort, either financially or militarily, insisting that if Beijing were doing so, the war “would have ended long ago.”
According to the publication, Wang Yi gave Callas “several history lectures.”
To sum up what the Chinese minister said, and although China did not ask for war, its continuation may meet Beijing’s strategic needs if the US remains involved in events in Ukraine.
Why China is unhappy with the EU
The sources said Wang hinted to Kallas that Beijing was unhappy with the European Union, which is set to blacklist two Chinese banks for violating sanctions against Russia. Wang has repeatedly vowed to take retaliatory measures if the creditors are eventually added to the list.
The publication claims that the EU is almost entirely dependent on Chinese supplies, without which it cannot produce anything – from aircraft and advanced weapons to cars and refrigerators.
Earlier, The New York Times learned that the FSB, in internal documents, calls China a serious threat to the security of its country.
