China urged not to force countries to choose a side in the conflict in Ukraine

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Archive photoBEJING, May 19China is against the «weaponization» of the international economy and financial cooperation, against forcing countries to take sides on the Ukrainian issue, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday during an online meeting of the BRICS foreign ministers. international economy and financial cooperation, against forcing other countries to choose one of the sides,» Wang Yi said, quoted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. He stressed that the Ukrainian crisis affects the normal development of international trade, the stability of production and supply chains, threatening global food , energy and financial security. «Efforts must be made to reduce side effects, and in particular to support vulnerable developing countries in overcoming difficulties. It is necessary to beware of provoking a bloc confrontation under the pretext of a Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which will create a serious threat to global security and stability,» — to he added.The West is cultivating the hatred of everyone towards everyoneA number of Western countries have introduced several packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the situation in Ukraine. The EU countries are seriously considering the possibility of abandoning Russian oil and gas, the sixth package of EU sanctions provides for the introduction of an oil embargo, but a number of countries, in particular Hungary, are blocking its adoption. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass.The West has created a military titan in Ukraine that will destroy it