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China believes that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The statement marks China's most extensive one yet on Russia's unprovoked actions.

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The Chinese and Russian presidents issued a joint statement weeks before the attack, seemingly aligning their visions for an anti-Western international order.

  • Tensions with the U.S. have soared over the past several years as the two authoritarian powers have fostered deeper ties.

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Following a call with his British, EU and French counterparts, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi outlined Beijing's position on Ukraine.

  1. China supports the UN Charter and respects the territorial integrity of all countries.

  2. Russia is justified to have concerns about NATO expansion because the security of one country cannot be strengthened at the expense of another.

  3. All parties should exercise restraint and protect their property to prevent a large-scale humanitarian crisis, according to China.

  4. China supports direct dialogue and negotiation between Russia and Ukraine as soon as possible, and believes that Ukraine should be a bridge between East and West.

  5. China has always opposed UN resolutions that invoke Chapter VII of the UN Charter, which authorizes military and non-military steps.

The New York Times reported Friday that the US tried to get China to help prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine, but that Beijing did not believe the warnings and even shared them with Moscow.

With major Western sanctions set to isolate Russia from much of the global economy, many experts believe the Kremlin will increase its dependence on China.

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  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told senior European officials on Friday that China respects countries' sovereignty, but that Russia's concerns about NATO's eastward expansion should be addressed. After weeks of warnings from Western leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed an invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south on Thursday that was the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two.

  • China refused to call Russia's actions in Ukraine an invasion or criticize Moscow despite the fact that Russia's military in the Eastern European country is leading to growing casualties. China believes in respecting the territorial integrity of all countries, but sees the Ukraine issue as having its own complex and special historical background.

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