China calls for ceasefire after Vladimir Putin’s announcements

Long discreet and withdrawn, China is now calling on Russia for a ceasefire. Previously courted by Moscow, Beijing now seems to be distancing itself after Vladimir Putin’s announcement on Wednesday, September 21, of the mobilization of 300,000 reservists. “China was, until now, on the crest line, sparing the goat and the cabbage with its policy of ‘ni-nor’: neither condemnation of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, nor direct support“, Explain the journalist Arnauld Miguet from Shanghai (China) for the 8 Hours of France 2, Thursday September 22.

Last March, during the vote on the resolution at the United Nations calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, “China had abstained, sparing Vladimir Putin”, continues Arnauld Miguet. On Wednesday, the spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearly asked for a ceasefire as well as the resumption of dialogue. “China, which spoke of a friendship unfailing and without limit with Russia, would be distancing himself”concludes the journalist.