Politico: China’s PM focuses on trade and climate, ignores Scholz’s Ukraine plea
The German chancellor met the Chinese premier in Berlin and the latter preferred to focus on trade.
BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday reiterated his appeal to China to use its influence on Russia to help end the war in Ukraine. But his guest from Beijing wanted to talk about deepening trade ties instead.
In a statement to journalists following a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Scholz said that he had "again appealed to the Chinese government to exert even more influence on the Russian government in this war."
He added: "As a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, China carries a very special duty here ... Russia must — as we see it — withdraw its troops; otherwise it will not be possible to achieve a good peace."
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WNU Editor: China has floated a proposal to get peace talks going (link here). But it has been rejected/ignored by everyone, the German government included.
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