Denmark in ‘frank’ talks with China over backing Russia; Germany says China has ‘a responsibility for global peace’
SpaceWar.com reports: “Denmark’s foreign minister said Monday he had a ‘frank talk’ with his Chinese counterpart about Beijing’s ‘deeply problematic’ support for Russia and its war in Ukraine.
‘I had a frank talk with my Chinese colleague about, among other things, stopping the deeply problematic Chinese support for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine,’ Lars Lokke Rasmussen said in a statement published as he visited Beijing.
The foreign minister added that he had called for Beijing ‘instead using its influence in Moscow to stop the war,’ noting that China as a permanent member of the UN Security Council had a ‘particular responsibility’.
Lokke’s meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also included discussions about Greenland, the Danish autonomous territory coveted by US President Donald Trump….
Germany said Monday that China had ‘a responsibility for global peace’ after Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine with his Beijing counterpart Wang Yi.
The call came at a time of growing worries in the West about ties between China and Russia, which have drawn closer since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
‘Russia’s war in Ukraine affects core European interests,’ the German foreign ministry posted on X after Wadephul’s first phone call with Wang since taking up his post…”
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