{"id":1248364,"date":"2022-01-27T17:22:42","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1248364"},"modified":"2022-01-27T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:22:56","slug":"china-demand-u-s-yield-to-russias-reasonable-concerns-on-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-demand-u-s-yield-to-russias-reasonable-concerns-on-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"China Demand U.S. Yield to &#039;Russia&#039;s Reasonable Concerns&#039; on Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fchina-demand-u-s-yield-to-russias-reasonable-concerns-on-ukraine%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=1248364&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\">Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Yi demanded his American counterpart Antony Blinken respect \u201cRussia\u2019s reasonable concerns\u201d in Ukraine during a phone conversation Wednesday, formally inserting China into tensions between Moscow and Washington over the former Soviet state.<\/p>\n<p>Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and has since colonized the Crimean peninsula, maintaining an illegal presence in Ukraine for nearly a decade. Kyiv has also documented extensive evidence that Russia is providing material support for \u201cseparatists\u201d waging war against the Ukrainian military in the Donbas region, which sits on Ukraine\u2019s eastern border with Russia.<\/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>While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been a years-long reality, global panic ensued last week when President Joe Biden told reporters at a press conference that he believed Russian leader Vladimir Putin would invade Ukraine \u2013 again, presumably \u2013 and that the United States would not support its allies in Kyiv if the invasion was a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/20\/zelensky-to-biden-no-minor-incursions\/\">minor incursion<\/a>.\u201d Biden did not specify what counted as a \u201cminor incursion.\u201d Biden\u2019s State Department followed up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/24\/confused-ukraine-calls-biden-diplomatic-pullout-premature-excessive\/\">urging<\/a> all Americans to leave Ukraine this weekend on the grounds that another Russian invasion was allegedly imminent and pulling out the families of workers at the American embassy in Kyiv. The move surprised the administration of President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has issued multiple public remarks assuring Ukrainians that the government has no evidence supporting Biden\u2019s claims of an imminent invasion.<\/p>\n<p>American concerns stem from Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rferl.org\/a\/us-russia-demands-response\/31672940.html\">organizing<\/a> what appears to be a troop buildup of about 100,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border. The Putin regime insists that such a buildup is necessary to deter actions by NATO member countries that could violate Russian sovereignty. During his conversation with Blinken, Wang made the same case and urged the United States to yield to Russia\u2019s demands on the subject, which included a vow that Ukraine would never be allowed to join NATO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s reasonable concerns in the field of security must be taken seriously and settled,\u201d Wang lectured Blinken, according to the Russian news agency <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1393789\">Tass<\/a>. \u201cThe security of one state cannot be ensured by harming the security of another country. Likewise, regional security cannot be ensured by strengthening or expanding military alliances.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17072702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/feb13-2020-China-Foreign-Minister-Wang-Yi-file-Getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17072702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/feb13-2020-China-Foreign-Minister-Wang-Yi-file-Getty.jpg\" alt=\"Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses a joint press conference with the German foreign minister after talks on February 13, 2020 at the German Foreign Ministry&#039;s Villa Borsig in North Berlin. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL \/ AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (John MacDougall\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elsewhere in the conversation, Wang reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/27\/chinese-foreign-minister-berates-antony-blinken-again-over-olympics\/\">berated<\/a> Blinken for the Biden administration\u2019s public statements nominally opposing China\u2019s hosting of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. In December, the Biden administration announced that it would engage in a \u201cdiplomatic boycott\u201d of the event \u2013 not a boycott, but the absence of American politicians at the event \u2013 but has since applied for visas for its diplomats, negating the comments. Wang nonetheless chided Blinken for the small gesture.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. continues to make wrong words and deeds about China, causing new shocks to the relationship between the two countries,\u201d Wang reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3164903\/us-hasnt-changed-course-xi-biden-summit-chinese-foreign\">told<\/a> Blinken.&nbsp;\u201cThe top priority right now is that the U.S. should stop interfering with the Beijing Winter Olympics, stop playing with fire on the Taiwan issue, and stop creating all kinds of anti-China small circles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department readout of the conversation between Blinken and Wang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-blinkens-call-with-prc-state-councilor-and-foreign-minister-wang\/\">prioritized<\/a> the discussion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary&nbsp;Blinken&nbsp;underscored&nbsp;the global security and economic risks posed by further Russian aggression&nbsp;against&nbsp;Ukraine and&nbsp;conveyed&nbsp;that&nbsp;de-escalation&nbsp;and diplomacy are&nbsp;the responsible&nbsp;way forward,\u201d according to his agency. \u201cThe Secretary and Councilor Wang&nbsp;also&nbsp;exchanged views on&nbsp;how&nbsp;to advance&nbsp;work together following&nbsp;President Biden\u2019s virtual meeting with President Xi on November 15, 2021, including&nbsp;on&nbsp;managing strategic&nbsp;risk,&nbsp;health security,&nbsp;and&nbsp;climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s growing role in the Ukraine crisis began to take shape this week when Russian officials stated that they were keeping Beijing informed of relevant developments.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur Chinese friends are paying close attention to the talks,\u201d Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/01\/26\/moscow-envoy-our-chinese-friends-paying-close-attention-ukraine-talks\/\">said<\/a> on Tuesday, referring to talks with America and, presumably, Ukraine. \u201cThere\u2019s no need to hide any content or subjects in these diplomatic efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16597460\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP_21139770656847.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16597460 size-full\" title=\"AP\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP_21139770656847.png\" alt=\"U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, as they arrive for a meeting at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit. (Saul Loeb\/Pool Photo via AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, as they arrive for a meeting at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit. (Saul Loeb\/Pool Photo via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Russian Foreign Ministry Sergey Lavrov again emphasized close ties to China on Wednesday, which the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to favorably.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I want to stress that there is no ceiling to China-Russia mutual trust, no forbidden zone in our strategic cooperation, and no limit on how far our long-standing friendship can go,\u201d Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters on Thursday. \u201cChina and Russia see each other as a priority in our respective diplomacy, which is a strategic choice based on our respective long-term development. The fundamental goal is to deliver benefits to the two countries and two peoples, uphold world peace and stability and promote international fairness and justice.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lavrov also discussed conversations with the Biden administration on Wednesday, specifically regarding Russian demands that Ukraine never becomes a NATO member or host NATO troops. Lavrov expressed pessimism at any progress with Washington. He <a href=\"https:\/\/mid.ru\/en\/foreign_policy\/news\/1796041\/\">confirmed<\/a> that he had received a formal reply from the State Department on Russian demands, which he dismissed as addressing only issues of \u201csecondary importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no positive response to the main issue, which is our clear stand on the continued NATO enlargement towards the east and the deployment of strike weapons that can pose a threat to the territory of the Russian Federation,\u201d Lavrov said, \u201cwhich we consider unacceptable. This stand did not appear out of the blue. As you may know, the issue of NATO\u2019s non-enlargement or enlargement, however you put it, has a long history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643287487626000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3FUQUXd_l8yxhVde9H7F3k\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1643287487626000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0x0dr_PgXYM7ME8mA6lbmQ\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Yi demanded his American counterpart Antony Blinken respect \u201cRussia\u2019s reasonable concerns\u201d in Ukraine during a phone conversation Wednesday, formally inserting China into tensions between Moscow and &#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-1248364","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\/1248364","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=1248364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248364\/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=1248364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}