Will China ask Russian troops to withdraw from areas that are considered to be the sovereign territory of Ukraine? It's hard to make a statement!

The AFP reporter was so unfriendly to China that he put forward an important question that China could not answer clearly, which embarrassed China. After all, China is different from Turkey.

At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China held on February 22, a reporter from AFP asked: The Foreign Minister of Ukraine said that China, as a country that respects sovereign territory, should ask the Russian army to withdraw from Ukraine according to this principle. Will China ask the Russian army to completely withdraw from all areas that China once considered as the sovereign territory of Ukraine, including Crimea?

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not directly answer this question from the AFP reporter, because China is really hard to make a clear statement on it.

If we answer that we will not ask Russia to withdraw Russian troops completely from all areas that China once considered as the sovereign territory of Ukraine, Ukraine and countries led by the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom will not accept it, and will question our position of respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.

If we answer: Russia will propose to withdraw Russian troops completely from all areas that China once considered as the sovereign territory of Ukraine, and Russia will not accept it, because Russia will not give up the territory of the five eastern regions of Ukraine that have "voted in Russia". Russia will even accuse us of joining Ukraine, the United States and the West as lobbyists.

If we continue to promote peace talks and reiterate our past positions and propositions, we can avoid this particularly difficult issue. After all, it is persuasion and urging.

If we want to intervene in the Russian Ukrainian negotiations and act as mediators of the Russian Ukrainian conflict, as Turkey did, we have to answer this question head-on. If we do not answer this question, neither Ukraine nor Russia will trust us from the bottom of their hearts, and mediation will be even more difficult.

Some people would suggest that Russia and Ukraine should cease fire before negotiating. If so, Russia will accept it with great pleasure, because it is particularly beneficial to Russia. It is Russia's dream, but Ukraine and the western countries led by the United States, Germany, Britain, France and Poland firmly refused. They believe that the real purpose of requesting negotiations and ceasing fire is to delay time to get a break, rally and then make a comeback.

If we propose that Russia and Ukraine first cease fire and then negotiate, Russia will certainly raise both hands to welcome us, while Ukraine will strongly refuse, and will think that we are pulling aside and secretly helping Russia - the Russian army broke into Ukraine's home and occupied several houses with murder weapons, and the Ukranians are fighting with the Russians to death to drive the uninvited Russian out of their homes, We said that you two should stop fighting and sit down to talk.

The Ukrainian people want to stop fighting, but the Russian people still occupy several of my houses. If we talk to him, it will be a fait accompli that Russia occupies my house? Therefore, the Ukrainian people's appeal is: either I drive the Russian out of my home or Russia leaves my home. Only in this way can the negotiation be meaningful.

Therefore, it is unrealistic for Russia and Ukraine to cease fire first and negotiate later.

So, how does Turkey mediate the negotiation between Russia and Ukraine? First of all, Turkey firmly does not recognize Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory, neither Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 nor Russia's annexation of Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporoge and Kherson during the Russian Ukrainian War. Russia has asked Turkey for help in many aspects. It is not only helpless, but also not angry and upset about Turkey's position.

China has the responsibility and burden of the world's major powers, as well as scruples about China Russia relations. It is impossible for China to speak so frankly and clearly to Russia as Turkey. It can only implicitly say that it respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries.

Secondly, Turkey has never publicly asked Russia to withdraw all its troops from the territory of Ukraine. It acquiesces to the fact that Russia has annexed the territory of five regions in eastern Ukraine, that is, it acquiesces to the fact that Russia cooks cooked rice. Ukraine has not turned against Turkey because Turkey has special geopolitical advantages and Ukraine is like Russia, In many ways, they also have to ask Turkey, and they can't bear the cost of falling out with Turkey. Compared with Turkey, we do not have these advantages.

If we make a clear statement on this issue, we will always offend one of the parties, either Ukraine or Russia, which is not what we want, but also to avoid.

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