After the Russia-Ukraine war, while the EU and NATO did not decide on a military intervention, Western countries that wanted to inflict an economic blow on Putin announced sanctions one after another. So much so that the sanctions also affected China, which has good relations with Russia, and forced it to abstain from Russia’s vote in the United Nations General Assembly.
Experts pointed out that although China has very close relations with Russia, it acts in line with its economic and national interests. pointing out. China’s total trade volume with the USA and the EU reached 1.6 trillion dollars last year. Pointing out that this figure is more than 10 times the amount of trade with Russia, experts think that it is not rational for China to back Russia in a way that would risk its trade relationship with the West.
RELATIONS BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
Relations between Russia and China were better than they had ever been as the Beijing Winter Olympics began. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese President Xi Jinping within the framework of the Olympics, which many countries boycotted, just before he launched an invasion attempt on Ukraine, and gave a message to the Western world that there was “unlimited cooperation” between the two countries. However, China has not accepted Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the separation of Donbass from Ukraine, both officially and rhetorically. According to the news in the Türkiye Newspaper, the Chinese government, in its statements, calls on all parties to reduce the tension in Ukraine, while avoiding direct support to Russia or Ukraine. He also said that Beijing supports and encourages all diplomatic efforts that lead to a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine crisis. Pointing out that Ukraine is China’s northern bridge to Europe in the Belt-Road Project, which the Chinese government attaches great importance to, experts point out that Beijing does not want to lose Kiev.