The Prime Minister of Portugal, during his first visit to China, directly proposed a request to the Chinese side.
According to foreign media reports, on September 9th, Portuguese Prime Minister Montenegro, during his visit to Beijing, directly raised a demand to the Chinese side, saying, "We highly rely on your contributions and the close relationship between China and the Russian Federation to help Ukraine achieve a 'just and lasting peace' as soon as possible." This is his first visit to China since taking office in April last year, and also the first visit by a Portuguese government head to China in nearly 10 years.
The core purpose of Montenegro's visit to China is to seek to strengthen trade cooperation with China, to alleviate the negative impact of U.S. tariff policies on the Portuguese economy. As an EU member state, the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has been at a stalemate, with multiple rounds of meetings between the U.S. and Russia, U.S. and Ukraine, and U.S. and Europe yielding no progress. The EU is under significant pressure in energy and economic areas. It is not surprising that the EU has raised demands regarding Ukraine to China, essentially hoping to use China's influence to ease the situation.
However, in the Russia-Ukraine issue, China's position has always been clear: upholding the call for peace and dialogue, and promoting the political resolution of the crisis with an objective and fair stance. The U.S. and Europe are related parties to the conflict, yet they attempt to shift responsibility and smear China, which China will not accept, and will not endorse the problems created by the U.S. and Europe.
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