Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing’s stance on Ukraine is “based on the merits of the matter concerned”. Getty Images/TNS
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing’s stance on Ukraine is “based on the merits of the matter concerned”. Getty Images/TNS
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Ukraine crisis: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken presses Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Beijing’s stance

  • The two top diplomats discuss the war in a call as Blinken notes ‘the world is watching’
  • Wang says that Beijing supports negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

Jacob FromerMark Magnier
Jacob Fromer in Washingtonand Mark Magnier in New York

Updated: 12:45pm, 9 Mar, 2022

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing’s stance on Ukraine is “based on the merits of the matter concerned”. Getty Images/TNS
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing’s stance on Ukraine is “based on the merits of the matter concerned”. Getty Images/TNS
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