Ukraine conflict, did China and India also side with Russia?

 Instead of supporting traditional ally Russia over the ongoing war in Ukraine, China and India have called on the United Nations to end the Russia-Ukraine war through meaningful negotiations, which is being seen as a bit of a surprise.

According to the French news agency AFP, after a week of continuous pressure in the United Nations General Assembly, as soon as the Russian Foreign Minister took the rostrum, he gave a strong reaction to the Western countries, calling his role against Russia a "set of contradictions". stated.

Importantly, on the other hand, no country appears to be siding with Russia, not even China, which, after its invasion of Ukraine in February, said it was with President Vladimir Putin. There is an 'unbreakable relationship'.

Chinese Foreign Minister Weng Yi addressed both Russia and Ukraine to prevent the crisis from spreading further so that developing countries are not further affected.

"China supports all measures that lead to a peaceful resolution of the crisis, our priority is to facilitate dialogue."

According to Weng Yi, "The fundamental solution is to address the legitimate security concerns of all parties and build a balanced, effective and sustainable security structure."

On the occasion of his visit to the United Nations, Chinese Foreign Minister Weng Yi met with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kyuliba, for the first time since the start of the war.

Earlier this month, President Putin admitted that Chinese President Xi Jinping had expressed "reservations" about the war in Ukraine during their meeting.

U.S. officials have welcomed China's decline in concrete support for Russia, saying Beijing has rejected requests to send military equipment, forcing Russia to rely on South Korea and Iran while it The supply line is also decreasing.

Unlike China, India has close ties with the US, but it also has ties with Russia as a traditional ally and has been helping it in defense matters.

India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishkar, expressing his views at the United Nations, said that "as the conflict in Ukraine escalates, we are often asked on which side we stand."

Continuing, he said that 'every time our answer is straight and true, India stands for peace and will always stand.'

Larov accused the West of deliberately not maintaining relations with Russia, saying, "We have never shied away from contacts."

Western countries are considering imposing more sanctions on Russia after Russian President Putin threatened to add more troops to the war and use nuclear weapons, saying they would not vote on the results of referendums in Russian-held territories. will not accept

He has welcomed the 'solitude' of the Russian Foreign Minister at the United Nations.

Larov also criticized the European Union, calling it "authoritarian and dictatorial" in nature, accusing the bloc of forcing Nicos Anastasiades, the president of one member state, Cyprus, to cancel a planned meeting with him. What did

He further said that 'we only consider dialogue and democracy as the only solution.'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov refused to answer a question during a news conference asking if Russia had been under any pressure from China. And in response blamed the Western countries.

In his address during the General Assembly, he said that "Russophobia at the official level in the West is surprising, unprecedented in the past, which is suffering from contradictions."

He ridiculed the Western countries and said that they are not avoiding expressing their determination not only to defeat us but also to destroy Russia.