BEIJING, 196 Apr: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday to pressure Russia to end its \u201cinsane campaign\u201d in Ukraine, the latest in a parade of European leaders and senior officials to make such an appeal.
\nThe Chinese side gave no sign of any change in its position, which has been to blame Europe and the U.S. for prolonging the fighting by supplying Ukraine with weapons and calling for peace negotiations that recognize Russian as well as Ukrainian concerns.
\n\u201cChina is not a party to the Ukraine crisis but has consistently promoted talks for peace in its own way,\u201d read a Chinese statement following talks between Xi and Scholz in the Chinese capital.
\nScholz, winding up a three-day visit to China, told journalists that he believes \u201ca building block has been put in place\u201d that will contribute to discussions on diplomatic efforts to end the war.
\nEarlier, he said in a post on the social media platform X that he had asked Xi to use his influence with Russia.
\n\u201cChina\u2019s word carries weight in Russia. So I asked President Xi to bear upon Russia so that Putin finally breaks off his insane campaign, withdraws his troops and ends this terrible war,\u201d he wrote.
\nChina has broken with the West in refusing to criticize Russia\u2019s invasion. While the government says it is not sending military aid to Moscow, it has provided an economic lifeline by growing trade with Russia, helping it cope with Western sanctions. A U.S. intelligence report last week found Beijing has increased equipment sales to Moscow to indirectly boost its war effort against Ukraine.
\nScholz said the talks had addressed China\u2019s exports of so-called dual-use goods, which can have both civilian and military purposes.
\n\u201cThere is an absolute insistence that there be no weapons exports, but the question of dual-use also must not be ignored,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd it was possible to bring up everything that is necess-ary here in a way that it can\u2019t be misunderstood.\u201d (AP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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