On Twitter, Kuleba said Wang “reaffirmed China’s respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its rejection of the use of force as a means of resolving differences”.
The meeting was held as China, newly emerged from three years of Covid-19 controls, ramps up efforts to restore ties with Europe that have frayed because of Beijing’s support of Moscow.
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As the next stop on his European tour, Wang is expected to visit Russia on Wednesday – just two days before the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Beijing has repeatedly called for peace talks and declined to join sanctions against Russia, and its “no-limits” partnership with Moscow has been met with concern from the US and many European countries.
Earlier during the Munich conference, Wang said China would release a position paper on the Ukraine war, but did not give details on when it would be published.
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, the position paper will reiterate a number of “important claims” by Chinese President Xi Jinping, including that sovereignty and territorial integrity should be respected and legitimate security concerns should be considered.
“We will reaffirm that nuclear war cannot be fought or won, we will call for the security of civilian nuclear facilities and oppose attacks on nuclear power plants, and we will advocate a common opposition to the use of biological and chemical weapons,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday.
On Saturday, Wang Yi had what Beijing called “an informal meeting” with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the security conference, their first since the recent balloon saga pulled already strained ties to a new low.
The US State Department said Blinken warned Wang about the “implications and consequences if China provides material support to Russia or assistance with systemic sanctions evasion”.
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, Wang said Beijing would not accept US “finger-pointing or even coercion targeting China-Russia relations”.
“The US, as a major country, has every reason to work for a political settlement of the crisis instead of fanning the flames or profiting from it,” Wang said.
