TEHRAN (TASNIM) – CHINA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESPERSON MAO NING STATED DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THURSDAY THAT NATO, NOT CHINA, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRISIS IN UKRAINE AND THEREFORE HAS NO MORAL STANDING TO CRITICIZE BEIJING.
“The US and the military bloc of NATO shoulder unshirkable responsibilities on the Ukraine crisis,” Mao continued, arguing that NATO “is in no position to criticize or pressure China” to take its side, RT reported.
“On the Ukraine crisis, China upholds an objective and just position. We have been advocating a political settlement of the crisis and working for talks for peace,” she explained, claiming that this was a strategy “supported by the vast majority of countries in the world.”
