In response to this information, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was unable to confirm any contact between the two leaders in this regard.
Chinese President Xi Jinping personally warned Vladimir Putin against the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, expressing concern about the development of the conflict.
The information was provided this Wednesday by the newspaper financial timesindicating that Xi Jinping’s warning came during the Chinese president’s visit to Moscow in March.
In response to this information, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he was unable to confirm any contact between the two leaders in this regard.
Peskov even said that my two chief offices issued statements at the time about the conversations they had in the course of that visit and that “everything else is an illusion.”
In all of their public interventions, Chinese leaders have clearly expressed their opposition to the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The Financial Times writes that this information could be a sign that Beijing is moving its public narrative into bilateral talks.
The American newspaper also says, citing Western sources, that the Chinese take credit for them for allegedly deterring Vladimir Putin from using nuclear weapons. “The Chinese are taking credit for sending the message at all levels,” said a Biden administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to Shi Yinhong, an advisor to the Chinese government, Russia’s use of nuclear weapons, whether against Ukraine or another European country, is too risky, given that Europe could turn against China, which has refused to publicly condemn Russia’s invasion. .
“Russia has not and will not obtain China’s consent to use nuclear weapons,” he told the Financial Times at Peking Renmin University. “If Russia uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine, China will distance itself further from Russia.”
