Xi Jinping warned Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
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Xi Jinping personally warned Vladimir Putin against using nuclear weapons in Ukraine, it has emerged.
China’s influence over Russia has raised hopes that Mr Xi’s warning may deter Putin from using nuclear weapons out of concern that he could jeopardise Moscow’s relationship with Beijing.
Andriy Yermak, Mr Zelensky’s chief of staff, said that China’s position was “important”.
“[This is] an important position of [China] regarding the nuclear threat from the insane Russian terrorist,” he wrote on the Telegram messaging app, posting a link to the Financial Times article.
However, Beijing’s stance on nuclear weapons has also been welcomed.
Sir Tony Blair agreed in an interview with Nikkei Asia last week that China’s intervention meant there were “reasonable grounds for hope” that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will not trigger a world war.
Although there were “many problems” with China’s support of Russia, the benefit of their close relationship was its insistence Moscow did not resort to a nuclear option, he said.
“China does not believe it is in its interest at all for this to slide towards a global conflict.”
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