Chinese leader Xi Jinping says the conflict in Ukraine has 'sounded an alarm for humanity', and at the same time condemned US-led sanctions against Russia, accusing the West of provoking Moscow.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has said the conflict in Ukraine has "sounded an alarm for humanity", and at the same time condemned US-led sanctions against Russia, accusing the West of provoking Moscow.
His keynote speech reinforced China's ongoing support for Russia in the European conflict, and would have come as welcome news to President Vladimir Putin, who was also in attendance. "The Ukraine crisis has again sounded the alarm for humanity," the official Xinhua News Agency quoted Mr Xi as saying.
"Countries will surely end up in security hardships if they place blind faith in their positions of strength, expand military alliances, and seek their own safety at the expense of others," he added.In other comments, Mr Xi said imposing sanctions could act as a "boomerang" and a "double-edged sword," and that the global community would suffer from "politicising, mechanising and weaponising" global economic trends and financial flows.
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