China is ready to take part in a mission to deploy a peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine under certain conditions, which has caused an ambiguous reaction in European circles.
This was reported by the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag.
EU diplomats, on condition of anonymity, told Welt am Sonntag that Chinese government circles have confirmed their readiness to take part in a peacekeeping contingent for Ukraine.
However, sources emphasized that Beijing would be ready to do this "if the peacekeeping troops are deployed on the basis of a United Nations mandate."
Such a position of China has caused an ambiguous reaction in Brussels. On the one hand, they say that support from the countries of the Global South can promote the very idea of a peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine.
On the other hand, "there is also a danger that China will primarily want to spy on Ukraine and will take a clearly pro-russian position instead of a neutral one in the event of a conflict," a senior EU diplomat told Welt am Sonntag.
Another argument is that most EU countries, for various reasons, prefer not to grant potential peacekeepers a mandate at the UN level.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul called China's support for the russian military machine one of the security challenges, without which, he said, the war of the aggressor state of russia against Ukraine would be impossible.
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