Beijing: China on Tuesday rejected what it has said “manipulation and publicity” around two of its citizens. UkraineMoscow accused of pulling after Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi Beijing In its attack.
“China is confirming relevant information and circumstances,” spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs Lin gian When asked about the prisoners of the war, he said.
Beijing “urged the relevant parties to correctly understand China’s purpose and fair stand and to avoid political manipulation and publicity”, Lynn said.
Ukraine held a press conference on Monday, in which Chinese prisoners of armed guards under the war told reporters that they would be swapped to them and warned other Chinese citizens not to go to fight.
Zelansky said on Friday that several hundred Chinese citizens were fighting in the front row with Russia.
But Beijing on Tuesday insisted that it had “repeatedly issued security advice, urged the Chinese citizens to stay away from the areas of armed conflict and to avoid joining the conflict in any form”.
“With regard to personal tasks and consular cases involving Chinese citizens abroad, China handles them according to law,” Lynn said.
China presents itself as a neutral party in the Ukraine War and states that it is not sending fatal assistance on both sides, unlike the United States and other Western countries.
But China is a close political and economic partner of Russia, and members of NATO have branded Beijing a “decisive ambassador” of war that it has never condemned.
