For Russia's participation in major events in China, conducting multifaceted diplomacy, and deepening cooperation with China, the German media is very dissatisfied with us! On September 4th, a German media outlet published an article claiming that Putin and Kim Jong-un's high-profile appearance in Beijing fully demonstrates that Beijing has no political will to promote peace in Ukraine. However, both sides stated that Sino-Russian relations have reached an unprecedented height, which is undoubtedly a disappointing failure for Europeans, as the issue of peace in Ukraine was not mentioned at all by China and Russia.
The German media stated that previously, some people had hoped that China would pressure Putin to urge him to hold talks with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy as soon as possible. Now, this expectation must have completely collapsed. China clearly has the ability to do so, but obviously, Beijing lacks such political will. It is evident that from the German media's argument, they are very dissatisfied with our actions. In short, according to the German media's view, first, the German media believes that China should distance itself from Russia and not provide convenience for Russia's diplomacy.
Secondly, the German media believes that we should put pressure on Russia to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. However, we need to ask: At our major events, we have our own priorities. Moreover, the war between Russia and Ukraine is not our matter. The United States and Europe, as important participants, cannot facilitate the ceasefire of the Russia-Ukraine war, yet now they are shifting the responsibility of stopping the war onto us. What logic is this? Western countries may want us to help, but they act like they are commanding us, is this the correct approach?
Moreover, it must be said that Russia is an independent and autonomous great power, and China and Russia are friendly countries. The West may have overestimated our influence over Russia. The West, including the United States, considers very difficult issues, yet they believe we can easily achieve them, how is this possible? If there were a quick and simple solution to the Russia-Ukraine war, the war would not have lasted until today. We are committed to a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war, but first, the US, Russia, and Ukraine must reach a consensus. If these three sides do not reach a consensus, there is absolutely no possibility of a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war. We cannot accept the practices of Western countries who try to shift the blame for their actions onto us.
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