He was China’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2021 and Ambassador to the US from 2021 to 2023.
On Tuesday, the foreign minister said China is “seriously frightened” that the Ukrainian crisis might spiral out of hand and urged certain nations to cease “fuelling the fire,” presumably referring to the US.
Beijing, which signed a “no boundaries” cooperation with Moscow last year, hasn’t condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Beijing denies supporting Russia militarily, but the US has threatened repercussions.
“China is deeply worried that the Ukraine conflict will continue to escalate or even spiral out of control,” Qin said in a speech at a forum held at the foreign ministry.
“We urge certain countries to stop fueling the fire immediately,” he said, referring to the US, adding that they must “stop hyping up” today’s Ukraine and tomorrow’s Taiwan.
Qin’s comments came as Russia’s news agency TASS said China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, was due to arrive in Moscow on Tuesday, ahead of a “peace speech” President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver on Friday, the anniversary of the Ukraine invasion.
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