China “will never attack Ukraine,” the top Chinese diplomat inside the country told officials on Monday, according to a press release from the Lviv regional government.
“China will never attack Ukraine. We will help, especially economically. In this situation that you are in now, we will act responsibly,” China’s ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong told Maksym Kozytsky, head of the regional military administration in Lviv, during a meeting.
“China is a country that is friendly to the Ukrainian people. As an ambassador, I can responsibly say that China will always be a force for good for Ukraine, both economically and politically.”
Fan said the Chinese embassy had moved from Kiev to Lviv and would remain there for now, according to Kozytsky.
On Tuesday, China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, published an opinion piece in the Washington Post reiterating that Beijing wanted to see an end to the conflict in Ukraine and dispel “rumors” that “China knew, consented to or tacitly supported” the war.
“The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is not good for China. If China had known about the impending crisis, we would have tried our best to avoid it,” Qin wrote.
His comments followed allegations by US intelligence officials that Russia had asked China for military support in Ukraine – something Beijing and Moscow denied.
Source: CNN Brasil
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