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China has sided with Russia on the Ukraine issue at the United Nations while telling the U.S. to stop sending weapons to Kyiv.

China's ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, has said the U.S. should stop sending weapons to Ukraine to allow diplomatic efforts to work.

"Certain countries should immediately stop pouring oil on the fire and stop undermining the diplomatic efforts of the international community," Zhang said while pointing at the U.S. at the U.N. Security Council review of the Ukraine issue on Monday in New York.

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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 59 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

This is what anti NATO sentiment gets you. It‘s not like China just started supporting Russia‘s invasion. They‘ve been working together from the very start and quite openly. But after Trump‘s rambling they now feel confident enough to show it plainly at a UN meeting.

I mean just late last year, Xi met with Biden in a historic visit, promising more cooperation and it took Trump a couple of minutes to reverse these efforts. Not like Xi could‘ve been trusted, but there was at least hope he could somewhat be contained, China being highly dependent on global relations and all. That‘s off the table now. Looks like we got another crazy dictator on the loose now.

[–] Ember@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I’m a bit out of the loop on this - how the heck did a guy who isn’t even in office any more undo the diplomatic progress of the President? Does he actually still have any sway with foreign leaders?

[–] ApexHunter@lemmy.ml 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That guy is essential the head of the Republican party, which controls half of Congress and holds a majority of seats on the Supreme Court. When he says jump all of the other Republicans ask how high, while they all try to figure out ways to 1up each other to please him.

So when he speaks, he indicates what he wants to happen which telegraphs actions of all of his sicophants. So if he says "torpedo the border bill" it gets canned. If he says IDGAF about NATO, you can be sure China and Russia see an opening they can exploit.

[–] Ember@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see, thank you kindly for your explanation. I knew he’s still the head of the Republican Party but I didn’t expect him to still be able to influence foreign relations to such a large extent. That’s just wild to me.

[–] ApexHunter@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

In a normal functioning political party he wouldn't. But the Republican party is more like the cult of Trump right now than a political party, so.... 🙁