The head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs of China spoke to Sikorski. He made an appeal

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China is counting on Poland's "more constructive role" during its EU Presidency in the improvement of Beijing-Brussels relations - stated abroad Minister Wang Yi during the Monday telephone conversation with the head of Polish diplomacy Radosław Sikorski. Wang assured of the engagement of the PRC in the political solution of the "crisis in Ukraine".


In the Chinese Ministry of Diplomacy emphasized that Poland is simply a "important strategical partner" of China in Europe. Minister Wang expressed the will of Beijing to keep advanced level contacts and grow cooperation.

"This year China and the EU celebrates the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and We anticipate Poland as the country holding the rotating EU Presidency to play a more constructive function in promoting greater advancement in China-EU relations" - Wang said.

On the issue of "crisis in Ukraine", as Beijing calls Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Chinese minister estimated that Recent reopening of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine"despite the differences in their positions, is the first step towards peace". As he stated, China "waits that the parties will proceed to show their will to accomplish a political solution to the crisis through sustained dialogue, leading to a fair, lasting and binding peace agreement".

Conversation between the Heads of Diplomacy

The Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs and China besides informed about the discussion by the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs, posting an entry on the X platform.

"The discussion concerned, among others, the end of the war in Ukraine, the function of the United Nations Charter, the safety of the transport routes of the European Union and the People's Republic of China" - indicated in the Ministry's communication.

The hotel besides stated that Sikorski reiterated his invitation to the head of Chinese diplomacy to Poland.

On Saturday, the German diary "Tagespiegel" published an interview which was given to him by the head of the Polish Ministry of abroad Affairs. In an interview, Sikorski estimated that due to the necessity of exerting force on Russia to end the war against Ukraine, "a country that could end the war and call Putin to order is China".

"Russia is now China's economical vassal (...). If China threatened with a trade embargo, Russia would gotta bow down. At the moment, however, it does not look like it" - said Sikorski "Tagesspiegel".

Source: PAP

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