The German Chancellor’s statements were understood as a censure of China’s position regarding Taiwan. The German government has accused Beijing of aiding the Russian war effort.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposed this Tuesday to Chinese President Xi Jinping that they work together for peace and security in the world, alluding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and indirectly Taiwan.
“No one has to fear their neighbor. “This is a central principle of peace in the world and we are working very hard to promote it,” Scholz said at the beginning of the bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
In his opinion, both should talk about difficult topics, such as “the war of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, for example, or dangerous situations such as those we see in other parts of the world, for example those that are at the root of the events in the Middle East.
The neighbor’s phrase was interpreted in Germany not only as an allusion to the Russian invasion of Ukraine a thousand days ago, since Xi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, are close, but also to Taiwanan island governed autonomously since 1949 and considered by China to be a rebellious province.
Before the meeting, German government sources revealed that Scholz also wanted to discuss with Xi the presence of North Korean soldiers on Russian territory, where they are fighting alongside Kremlin forces to try to expel kyiv troops from Russia’s Kursk region, and the information indicating the supply of Chinese drones to Moscow.
According to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, the German government assumes that China supports the Russian Federation with drones and has threatened Beijing with sanctions.
Source: Observadora
