China won’t stop buying Russian gas, foreign minister says
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that he welcomed efforts to end the war in Ukraine, but that Beijing was unwilling to put pressure on Moscow by stopping Russian gas purchases.
“If China does not buy gas from Russia, which country can meet the needs of the Chinese people with enough gas?” he asked at the Munich Security Conference. “We must be responsible to our people.”
The foreign minister described relations with Russia as a “strategic partnership based on mutual trust.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof conference hotel. Boris Roessler/dpa
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that he welcomed efforts to end the war in Ukraine, but that Beijing was unwilling to put pressure on Moscow by stopping Russian gas purchases.
“If China does not buy gas from Russia, which country can meet the needs of the Chinese people with enough gas?” he asked at the Munich Security Conference. “We must be responsible to our people.”
The foreign minister described relations with Russia as a “strategic partnership based on mutual trust.”
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at the 61st Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof conference hotel. Boris Roessler/dpa
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