Portugal asks China to use influence to deter Putin from nuclear rhetoric – Observer
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs (MNE), João Gomes Cravinho, said this Friday that he asked China for its influence to remove Russian President Vladimir Putin from the rhetoric about the use of weapons of mass destruction.
Speaking to the Portuguese press in New York, where he is known at the 77th Assembly of the United Nations (UN), Cravinho indicated his meeting on Wednesday with the State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Wang Yi, to address the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Yes, we talked about the war. Very different in particular, what I pointed out to my Chinese colleague was that, while it was crucial for China to use its influence to explain to President Putin that the rhetoric about the use of weapons of mass destruction is absolutely unacceptable, misplaced and eliminate is fundamental for the Russian president”, said MNE english.
From the beginning of China to the beginning of countries that have abstained from Russia’s operation in Ukraine, on stages such as the UN General Assembly Council.
Wang Yi assured this Friday to his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kouleba, that Beijing urged respect for “sovereignty and territorial secrecy” from all countriesaccording to Chinese state media.
Regarding the meeting between the Portuguese and Chinese MNE, the Chinese state agency reported that Wang Yi noted that the “China-Portugal relationship withstood the test of changes in the international scenario and reached a solid development based on mutual understanding and trust”adding that the “Chinese people have friendly feelings towards the Portuguese people”.
“The two countries have advanced cooperation in practice while overcoming the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic,” Wang said, adding that large exports of agricultural and food products to China are growing rapidly, that cooperation between agricultural products and Portuguese is growing rapidly. both countries, as well as tripartite cooperation, are progressing.
Wang Yi also said that Portugal, “as an important member of the European Union”, has played a positive role and in the exchanges between China and the European bloc.
According to the Xinhua news agency, China has shown its willingness to work with Portugal to jointly defend the UN’s central role in international affairs and promote the cause of development and the whole.
Wang Yi also expresses the intention that the European Union evaluate an “attitude, rational and impartial in order to “produce” the objective results for all”.
Regarding Cravinho’s position, Xinhua indicated that the Portuguese highlighted China’s critical role in addressing common challenges, such as safeguarding peace and security and combating change.
Praising the systems to facilitate Macau’s operation in Macau, Cravinho said he hoped it would work as a bridge to facilitate Portugal-China cooperation, according to X.
The Foreign Minister (MNE), João Gomes Crav, considered this Friday “completely illegal” the referendums that Russia is holding for the annexation of the occupiers of occupiers, preventing them from being “recognized by anyone”.
Of course, these referendums are illegal and not recognized by anyone. Russia has already carried out this type of international strategy in context, namely in Georgia, but there will be no recognition of any kind”, Cravinho told journalists at the New General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
“Therefore, the idea that from the moment these false referendums are held, we start talking about Russian territory in Ukraine, this is an idea that has no place and, therefore, does not justify any new attitude on the part of Russia” , evaluated.
The head of the Portuguese community declared that the referendums are a new form of aggression against Ukraine and said he believed that an international diplomacy rebellion in the “correct way” to Moscow’s action.
“Now, from the point of view of the attempt at formalization, the attempt to create an idea of legality in the Ukrainian occupied territories, Community in the Russian international community as being annexation of Crimea much less now recognize these territories under Russian attack“, he stressed
The referendums on the Russian accession of the Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zapor and Kherson to the Federation start today and run until September 27, appointed as Russian authorities in these regions.
The official announcement of holding these popular consultations for the annexation of Ukrainian territories under Russian occupation was made in a speech to the nation delivered on Wednesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with the mobilization of 300,000 Russian reservists to fight in Ukraine and a veiled threat of using poisonous weapons against the West.
Faced with this mobilization of Russian troops — and the consequent need to reorganize NATO’s strategy in Ukraine’s neighbors, where it concentrated more military resources, machinery, war arsenal, as well as human resources — Cravinho assured that he “did not see the need” for Portugal to increase the its contingent.
“We are still not seeing that need. It may take another eight months or so to come to another conclusion, but we no longer believe that this measure has great military commitment. We are talking about the mobilization of soldiers who were in reserve to, of course, face the great evidence suffered by Russia, although Putin does not admit this. But the logic can only be this,” he said.
“We do not believe that it will have major consequences in terms of Russian military capacity in the short term”, notified the leader of Portuguese diplomacy.
On Thursday, known as an informal meeting of partners, from which MNE, conflict, addressed NATO members and the foil conflict, addressed NATO and the conflict was addressed from the escalation in the Kuleba.
“It was a moment when we were able, collectively, to look at the latest developments on the part of Russia. What I can say is that there is a collective analysis to the idea that we cannot succumb to attempts at intimidation by Russia,” she said.
“On the contrary, what we have to do for NATO is to close in on the many, to continue to support the States that have borders with Russia. And, on the other hand, to further accentuate this flight, in front of Putin, in the face of also”, added Cravinho.
The minister has not yet assured any indication of the need for an extraordinary NATO meeting, “because we are all validated that we are doing exactly what is necessary”said.
João Gomes Cravinho and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Francisco André, accompanied the Prime Minister, António Costa, on the occasion of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations.