China Envoy Says Xi-Putin Friendship Actually Does Have a Limit
- China-Russia ties have a ‘bottom line,’ envoy to U.S. says
- China has sought to portray itself as neutral in Russia’s war
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Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin declared a “no limits” friendship between China and Russia before the Olympics began. Two months and a war later, Beijing’s envoy to the U.S. has added an important caveat.
“China and Russia’s cooperation has no forbidden areas, but it has a bottom line,” Ambassador Qin Gang told state-backed broadcaster Phoenix TV on Wednesday. “That line is the tenets and principles of the United Nations Charter, the recognized basic norms of international law and international relations.”