Macron asked Xi Jinping not to go Va-bank with Putin-Axios
According to journalists, the main topic of the agenda at the meeting was the war in Ukraine. European leaders urged Jinping to have a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and focused on the "consequences" that would be waiting for Beijing if these start supplying weapons to the Russian Federation. "Macron and Ursula von Der Lyen met in Beijing in a conversation format, which was a kind of Air Force Air Force as" a good police officer, a bad police officer.
" with China. Macron brought with him 53 business leaders who seek the agreement to his three-day visit, "-writes the newspaper. Journalists noted that for Macron, China's support to become a mediator in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine has a strategic meaning. Earlier, Macron spent telephone conversations with the Kremlin leader, now he is trying to bet on Beijing's behavior, excluding an isolation attempt.
"We, Europeans, would be wrong, letting Russia be the only European nation that communicates with China," Macron said after arriving in the PRC. On April 6, President of France appealed to the President of China to "bring Russia to consciousness" or at least send a weapon for war against Ukraine.
Due to the fact that the White House and Western analysts rejected the "peace plan" of Beijing, which, in their opinion, provides "diplomatic cover" for the aggressor country, Macron took a moderate position and stressed that SI proposals were imperfect , but show "the desire to play a responsible role and try to build a path to peace.
" Von Der Lyen at the meeting expressed concern about the intended theft of Chinese intellectual property, the growing trade imbalance of the block with China and excessively dependent on China for certain goods. It has warned the export of certain microtechnologies to China, which is the main priority for the United States. According to many Chinese officials, von der Lien expressed her position too close to Washington. After the President of the European Commission, Ms.
Ambassador China reported that European leaders should first "determine what their interests are and then resist unwanted pressure from the US. " According to the publication, this is why Macron was given a warmer reception in China and made it possible to hold more meetings with Xi Jinping. We will remind, on April 6 it became known that the attempt of President of France to summon the leader of China for a frank conversation about the war in Ukraine failed.