to think calmly
The West has been wary of China’s response to the war in Ukraine, with some warning that a Russian victory would color China’s actions toward Taiwan. China has refrained from condemning the war or calling it an “aggression”.
“If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin thinks he can wait us out, he is deeply mistaken,” Harris told a panel at the Munich conference gathering top politicians, military officials and defense industry chiefs and experts.
“Time is not on his side.”
Wang reiterated the call for dialogue and suggested European countries “think calmly” about how to end the war.
Wang also said that “there are some forces that seem to not want the talks to succeed, or the war should end soon,” without specifying which ones he was referring to.
Russia, which has cast its “special military operation” in Ukraine as an existential battle with an aggressive and arrogant West, accused the United States on Friday of provoking Ukraine to escalate the war by condemning its attacks on Crimea. Was accused.
The Munich conference began on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urging Western allies to speed up sending modern weapons against Russia in a “David-versus-Goliath” war for independence.
On Saturday, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen outlined plans to accelerate the delivery of much-needed ammunition to Ukraine and replenish the bloc’s own stocks, while Poland expressed willingness to send MiG fighter jets to Kiev. indicated.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Bierbock also called on Wang at the conference. Berlin has been reviewing its own relations with Beijing since the invasion, wary of its economy’s heavy dependence on the Chinese market.