(Finance) – The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with the Chinese president Xi Jinping. Scholz is the first G7 leader to visit Beijing since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. “Here in China, everyone knows that an escalation of the war in Ukraine it would have consequences for all of us – said Scholz at the end of the meeting -. That is why it is very important for me to point out that everyone clearly says that escalation through the use of a tactical nuclear weapon is excluded. “Scholz said he asked the Chinese leader to use” his influence on the Russia“to end the” war of aggression “against Ukraine.
As for the knot of Taiwanthe head of the German government reiterated that Germany, like the United States and many other countries in the world, follows the policy of Only China. However, Scholz added, part of the One China is also that “any change in the status quo of relations in the Taiwan Strait must be peaceful and consensual.”
For his part, Xi called on the international community to “reject the use and threat of weapons nuclear“to prevent a” crisis in the Eurasian continent “, in his most direct remarks on the need to prevent the escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine. Xi also spoke of the joint need to ensure stability of the supply chains food and energy, both interrupted by the invasion of Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Scholz’s visit to Beijing, the Chinese president added, “will deepen practical cooperation” between the two countries. The international situation, he stressed, “is complex and changing. As influential powers, China And Germany they should work together in times of change and chaos to make greater contributions to world peace and development. If the principles of mutual respect, search for common ground, exchanges and mutual learning are maintained, the direction of relations will not be diverted and the pace of progress will be stable “.