US calls on China to influence Russia over Ukraine
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The US Under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, says an alleged conflict in Ukraine "is not going to be good for China."
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US Under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland.
The US called on China to influence Russia in regard to the Ukrainian crisis.
"We are calling on Beijing to use its influence with Moscow to urge diplomacy because if there is a conflict in Ukraine, it is not going to be good for China either," the US Under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, told a press briefing at the State Department.
The US is going to work with Germany to make sure that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline does not move forward should Russia decide to "invade" Ukraine, Nuland claimed.
"If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another Nord Stream 2 will not move forward. We have had extensive consultations at every level with our German allies," Nuland told a press briefing.
"We will work with Germany to ensure that the pipeline does not move forward," she added.
Xi: Abandon Cold War mentality
In the same context, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed with his US counterpart Antony Blinken during a phone call on Wednesday the situation in Ukraine.
During their call, Wang told Blinken that "all parties should entirely abandon the Cold War mentality," and that Russia's "reasonable security concerns should be taken seriously and resolved."
Beijing has denied allegations published by US media that the Chinese President Xi Jinping asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to avoid attacking Ukraine during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, describing them as provocative.
Russian President Vladimir Putin next month will visit Beijing for the Olympics, which the US is boycotting on the official level due to alleged "human rights concerns."
It is noteworthy that the Chinese newspaper Global Times, quoted a few days ago, some analysts as saying that the misinformation circulating among Western media about the Ukrainian crisis could affect the Chinese-Russian mutual trust, which shows the "ill intention" of the West to create divergences between Beijing and Moscow.
