{"id":1247913,"date":"2022-01-27T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247913"},"modified":"2022-01-27T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T20:52:51","slug":"moscow-envoy-our-chinese-friends-are-paying-close-attention-to-ukraine-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moscow-envoy-our-chinese-friends-are-paying-close-attention-to-ukraine-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Moscow Envoy: \u2018Our Chinese Friends Are Paying Close Attention\u2019 to Ukraine Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmoscow-envoy-our-chinese-friends-are-paying-close-attention-to-ukraine-talks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said on Tuesday that even though China is not directly involved in negotiations with the U.S. and NATO over the fate of Ukraine, \u201cour Chinese friends are paying close attention to the talks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s no need to hide any content or subjects in these diplomatic efforts,\u201d Denisov <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3164700\/russia-keeping-china-loop-us-talks-moscows-envoy-says\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> from the Russian embassy in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Denisov extolled the deepening ties between Beijing and Moscow on topics such as energy and space exploration, and hinted some news would be broken when Russian leader Vladimir Putin meets with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping at the Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe think President Xi might have prepared a surprise for President Putin, and we don\u2019t know what that surprise is at the moment, but I think there will be one,\u201d Denisov said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19642394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-458559532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19642394 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-458559532-1024x704-1.jpg\" alt=\"BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 07: Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov (C) attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit at the China National Convention Centre (CNCC) on November 7, 2014 in Beijing, China. From 7-11 November leaders &amp; senior administration from 21 countries will convene in Beijing, with the President of the United States Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin expected to attend. (Photo by Greg Baker - Pool\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"704\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov (Greg Baker\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The Kremlin previously promised that Putin would brief Xi on the latest developments in Ukraine when they meet at the Olympics.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3164563\/sheer-fiction-china-denies-xi-asked-putin-not-invade-ukraine\"><span>dismissed<\/span><\/a><span> as \u201csheer fiction\u201d Western media reports claiming Xi privately asked Putin to refrain from invading Ukraine until the Olympics are over.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17119706\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233447259.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17119706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1233447259.png\" alt=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks to journalists in his office in Kiev on June 14, 2021. (SERGEI SUPINSKY\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is not only smearing and provocation towards Sino-Russian ties, but also a deliberate attempt to interfere with and undermine the Games,\u201d said Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI wish to stress that Sino-Russian ties have become mature, stable and resilient nowadays. The two sides have maintained close communication on all levels. Any effort to drive a wedge between China and Russia or to undermine our mutual trust is bound to be futile,\u201d Zhao said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16020254\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/03\/wi\/ap\/17\/china-us-japan-file-photo-monday-feb-24-2020-chinese-foreign-ministry-spokesperson-zhao-lijian-gestures.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16020254 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/china-us-japan-file-photo-monday-feb-24-2020-chinese-foreign-ministry-spokesperson-zhao-lijian-gestures-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Associated Press\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian (AP Photo\/Andy Wong)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, Zhao <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/2511_665403\/202201\/t20220126_10634282.html\"><span>dismissed<\/span><\/a><span> NATO as an obsolete \u201cCold War remnant\u201d and expressed China\u2019s support for Russia\u2019s position that the alliance should be expanded to include Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs the world\u2019s largest military alliance, NATO should abandon the outdated Cold War mentality and ideological bias, and do things that are conducive to upholding peace and stability,\u201d Zhao declared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zhao then confusingly dismissed NATO as a \u201csmall clique\u201d rather than a large military alliance, and urged both NATO members and Russia to \u201cfully consider each other\u2019s legitimate security concerns, avoid antagonism and confrontation, and properly address differences and disputes through equal consultation on the basis of mutual respect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Newsweek<\/span><\/i> <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-backs-russia-against-ukraine-nato-1673100\">noted<\/a> on Wednesday that Xi also said nice things to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the beginning of January when they mutually celebrated 30 years of bilateral relations, but a careful parsing of Xi\u2019s language with Zelensky and Putin uncovered signals that he values China\u2019s ties with Russia more, and might have been subtly conveying that hard truth to the Ukrainian leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>China also notably abstained from the 2014 U.N. Security Council vote to condemn Russian activity in Crimea, and stepped back from supporting Russia\u2019s 2008 military adventure in Georgia. <\/span><i><span>Newsweek <\/span><\/i><span>theorized Beijing might be nervous about wholeheartedly supporting Russia\u2019s efforts to peel breakaway provinces from former Soviet satellite states with the help of insurgent militias, because the Chinese are perpetually nervous about \u201csecessionists\u201d in their own unhappy possessions, such as Xinjiang and Tibet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said on Tuesday that even though China is not directly involved in negotiations with the U.S. and NATO over the fate of Ukraine, \u201cour &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1247913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1247913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1247913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1247913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}