The crisis in Ukraine seems to be driven by “invisible hand”which is pushing the armed conflict to prolong and escalate, China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, said today.

This “invisible hand” looks like “is using the crisis in Ukraine to advance specific geopolitical agendas”Mr. Chin said in a speech on the sidelines of the annual session of the Chinese parliament, calling for peace negotiations between Moscow and Kiev to begin as soon as possible.

“Conflict, sanctions and pressure will not solve the problem (…) The process of peace negotiations must start as soon as possible and the security concerns of all sides must be respected,” he said.pointed out the head of Chinese diplomacy, partially repeating positions already expressed by China.

The reiteration of Beijing’s positions on the war in Ukraine comes against a backdrop of growing tension in the relationship between China and the European Union, which casts doubt on Beijing’s sincerity in expressing willingness to take on a mediating role because it does not label Russia as the aggressor. the intruder.

Mr Chin reiterated that the Chinese government has not supplied any of the warring parties with military equipment, amid increasingly vocal threats from the US that there would “concequenses”which are not specified, if it sends lethal weapons to Russia.

China “It is not part of this crisis and has not supplied any side of the armed conflict with equipment. So on what basis are accusations made, sanctions talked about and China threatened? This is absolutely unacceptable“, judged the Chinese Foreign Minister.