{"id":1400889,"date":"2022-03-25T16:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400889"},"modified":"2022-03-25T16:59:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T20:59:50","slug":"china-claims-egypt-opposes-nations-pressuring-beijing-over-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-claims-egypt-opposes-nations-pressuring-beijing-over-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"China Claims Egypt &#039;Opposes&#039; Nations &#039;Pressuring&#039; Beijing over 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\">18<\/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-claims-egypt-opposes-nations-pressuring-beijing-over-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=1400889&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--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202203\/1256583.shtml\">told<\/a> his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday Cairo \u201copposes some countries for putting pressure on China over [the] Ukraine issue,\u201d China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em>\u00a0reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Shoukry reportedly made the remark to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on March 22 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The two discussed bilateral relations between Beijing and Cairo on the sidelines of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oic-oci.org\/home\/?lan=en\">OIC<\/a>)\u2019s Council of Foreign Ministers session.<\/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>The <em>Global Times<\/em>\u2018s account of Shoukry\u2019s comment to Wang on Tuesday echoed a similar report of their meeting published on March 23 by\u00a0Xinhua, China\u2019s official state press agency. Xinhua <a href=\"http:\/\/losangeles.china-consulate.org\/eng\/topnews\/202203\/t20220323_10654520.htm\">quoted<\/a> Shoukry as saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The two sides exchanged views on the Ukraine issue, and agreed to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and stay committed to a comprehensive solution to the current crisis. Shoukry said, Egypt opposes some countries exerting pressure on China and stands for strengthening cooperation rather than escalating confrontation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged Shoukry and Wang discussed \u201cregional and international issues of common interest\u201d during their March 22 meeting in Islamabad in a Tweeted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MfaEgypt\/status\/1506136977917284354?cxt=HHwWhMC4_b_m7-YpAAAA\">statement<\/a> posted later that same day. Egypt has not denied China\u2019s state media reporting of the engagement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prior to the inauguration of the 48th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC, FM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Shoukry?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Shoukry<\/a> and Chinese FM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Wang_Yi?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Wang_Yi<\/a>, discuss strengthening cooperation between the two sides in several fields, and address regional and international issues of common interest. <br \/>\ud83c\uddf3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pU0MU8ntaf\">pic.twitter.com\/pU0MU8ntaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Egypt MFA Spokesperson (@MfaEgypt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MfaEgypt\/status\/1506136977917284354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The comments Shoukry allegedly made likely referred to the U.S. government\u2019s insinuation that China intends to provide Russia with \u201cmaterial support\u201d in its latest war with neighboring Ukraine, which <a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/politics\/1409329\">began<\/a> on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a video call that lasted around two hours, U.S. President Joe Biden warned China\u2019s President Xi Jinping on Friday [March 18] of \u2018implications and consequences if China provides material support to Russia\u2019 in Ukraine,\u201d Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russian-sanctions-over-ukraine-grow-biden-talk-xi-2022-03-18\/\">claimed<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe White House later said that sanctioning Beijing, the world\u2019s largest exporter, was an option, though it did not detail what constituted material support,\u201d the news agency observed.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zhao Lijian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmprc.gov.cn\/mfa_eng\/xwfw_665399\/s2510_665401\/202203\/t20220315_10651967.html\">responded<\/a> to a question about this allegation by the U.S. government during a regular press conference on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Macau Monthly<\/em> asked Zhao the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>According to unspecified US officials, on\u2002March\u200214, the US government told allies in NATO and several Asian countries in a diplomatic cable and through intelligence agents that China had signaled its willingness to provide military and economic aid to Russia at the latter\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>It also noted China was expected to deny those plans. He also said, the move is part of a deliberate strategy move to counter disinformation by being far more open about intelligence matters than usual. What is China\u2019s comment?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman replied to the question, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m sure you have noted that Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the claim that Russia requested military aid from China on March 14. The US has been creating and spreading disinformation from time to time. This is neither professional nor ethical, still less responsible.\u2002By doing so, the US\u2002will further lose the trust of the world.<\/p>\n<p>What the US should do is to deeply reflect upon\u2002its role in the evolving situation of the Ukraine crisis, and do more things that can help\u2002to easethe situation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Zhao\u2019s March 15 statement was later echoed by Xinhua on March 23 when it paraphrased Shoukry as saying Egypt \u201cstands for strengthening cooperation rather than escalating confrontation [in Ukraine].\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry allegedly told his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday Cairo \u201copposes some countries for putting pressure on China over [the] Ukraine issue,\u201d China\u2019s state-run Global Times\u00a0reported on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"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-1400889","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\/1400889","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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1400889\/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=1400889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1400889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1400889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}