At the start of his meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, Colonna said: “We recognize the importance of China’s role on the world stage and the importance of the role it can play for peace and stability in the world”.
During the meeting, she reiterated the need for Beijing to “convince Russia to return to full respect for the Charter” of the United Nations.
Colonna had called on Wednesday Beijing to use its “relations with Russia” to advance Moscow on the road to peace, during a meeting at the Elysée Palace with his German counterpart, Annalina Berbock, who was attending a session of the French government.
“It is necessary for China to use its relations with Russia to make it understand that it is at an impasse and to ask it to return to the right path in order to return to peace and not to continue the war,” Colonna said. .
She recalled that France’s positions “on China and Ukraine are known. We talk about them openly and directly, and in the frank way that friendship allows”.
North Korea file
Wednesday evening, Colonna hoped to discuss “freely” with his Chinese counterpart the “North Korean file”, believing that the approach of this country “causes concern”. by North Korea this year, which notably tested a solid-fuel ballistic missile.
Colonna called on the Chinese foreign minister to make efforts to achieve a “unified response” and “to work for the stability of the peninsula and the region”.
For his part, Qin Gang, who is currently touring Europe, stressed that his visit to Paris aims to “work together to accelerate communication and cooperation in various fields”, including the humanitarian field, “to advance the strategy comprehensive Sino-French strategic partnership.”
On Monday, China’s foreign minister kicked off a tour of Europe, as his country seeks to mediate in the war in Ukraine, as he heads to Norway after visiting Germany and France.
And China, which presents itself as a neutral interlocutor in the file of the conflict in Ukraine despite its proximity to Russia, had launched in February a document containing 12 points entitled “China’s position on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis” in which she called on all parties to “support Russia and Ukraine to move in the same direction.” Resume direct dialogue between them as soon as possible.
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