French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Beijing, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the situation in the world and, of course, the conflict in Ukraine. Each of the leaders tried to use the meeting to win the other to their side in envisioning the future world order.
Thus, Politico wrote that Macron, in a conversation with Xi Jinping, tried to force him to change his position on Russia.
Xi Jinping has shown no sign of changing his stance on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since Thursday’s talks with Emmanuel Macron.
But Mr Xi remained adamant and said each side to the conflict in Ukraine had its own “reasonable security concerns”.
For his part, according to Reuters, the Chinese president did not miss the opportunity to directly influence the head of one of the main leaders of European politics in order to win the EU on his side to counter the United States. .
“Chinese President Xi Jinping will try to work with any country, especially with middle or big powers like France, to counter the United States,” the agency wrote, quoting Zhao Suisheng, professor of studies Chinese Studies and Foreign Policy at the University of Denver. .
It is added that Xi Jinping met his French colleague with extreme courtesy. The generous welcome, according to the agency, reflects Beijing’s growing offensive against key EU allies.
Macron is a key ally for China, according to Reuters editors quoting analysts.
Meanwhile, the Chinese edition of the Global Times explicitly asserts that for the European Union to be “the vassal of Washington is a dead end”.
