We did not agree on anything about Russian aggression.
The last virtual summit between China and the EU, which devoted much time to Russian aggression against Ukraine, was a “dialogue of the deaf” and both sides agreed on nothing, the head of European diplomacy said in the plenary session of Parliament European.
The High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security answered the questions of the deputies for the 23rd summit of the European Union and China.
At the summit on April 1, the European Union was represented by the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council, Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, in a virtual meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and President Xi Jinping.
“China has expressed a vague position on the war in Ukraine,” he said. We asked him to put the cards on the table and be part of the solution to end the war. “They avoided punishing Russia. It was not a real dialogue, but a dialogue of the deaf.”
As for Ukraine, Borrell confirmed, “we did not agree on anything.”
He acknowledged that relations with China are not what Brussels wants, as China is becoming more and more affirmed at home and abroad, and it is clear that it does not share the same political values as the EU.
He said Michel and Ursula von der Leyen had asked China to use its influence in Moscow to reach a ceasefire and create humanitarian corridors, but that they were not committed to anything.
Otherwise, China today indirectly sided with Russia in the UN Security Council regarding the denial of the crimes in Bucha by seeking real facts.