China could ‘easily’ end Ukraine war, says EU foreign policy chief

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  1. China could end the war in Ukraine if it wanted to, the EU’s foreign policy chief has said, as defence ministers gathered at Nato in Brussels to pledge more support for Ukraine.

    Kaja Kallas, the former prime minister of Estonia, said that without Beijing’s help, Russia would be unable to sustain the war at the same scale, adding: “It is clear that if China would really be against this war they could easily stop this.”

    She also told BBC Radio 4 that Europe was seen as a “credible and reliable” defence and security partner by countries around the world in light of President Trump’s trade war. She said “there are no winners in trade wars”, but pointed out that Trump’s tariff war had raised the “political power” of the EU.

    Her remarks came as John Healey, the British defence secretary, chaired a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group in Brussels, along with his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius

  2. I do not understand in what scenario does EU think China will be more favourable to them. Most of the world have made it clear fix your problems by yourself rather than expecting something from others and it was primarily a jab towards Europe. War started in 2022, its 2025 yet the EU diplomats/politicians say the same things.

  3. China indeed has a lot of leverage over Russia, but what interest does China have to actually do anything to stop the war in Ukraine? They seem to profit quite a lot from it.

    ~~The naivity of European policymakers/diplomats never ceases to amaze me.~~

  4. « Easily » is quiet the stretch, but they could definitely do it, if they so desired.

  7. If Russia wins it’s a strategic and symbolic defeat for the west, if Russia loses then they will become even more reliant on China, and if the war continues American military assets are tied up in Europe instead of being relocated to the pacific. Why would China do anything other than sit back and watch it play out?

  8. What’s the point of the statement and the article? It’s like stating that the sky turns orange when there’s dust in the air. Sure, it’s true, but how does it impact us right here and now?

  9. I didn’t say “Easily” but China could do more.

    But why would China do that? It’s been benefiting from this scenario.

    And now with Trump in power and allies fighting among themselves. I know this harms the world, but it’s really funny to see the United States and China fighting to see who has the bigger dick. Lol

    And people forget that some European countries are expanding to East. And supporting Taiwan and things that go against Chinese interests.

  10. Why would China betray an ally to help the other Europeans?

    The last few years European leaders were very busy jumping at every opportunity ti declare their loyalty to USA and declare in grandiose discourses that China is evil and must be contained.

    “Betray your ally, help me out in a major way, and I may slap more sanctions on you” doesn’t sound much convincing.

  11. China could certainly apply pressure, but they couldn’t force Russia to stop.

  12. EU is leveraging US tradewars to help the Ukrainian cause. China needs the EU to offset the lost trade with the US. This is a very good opportunity for EU to compel China to pressure Putin to negotiate.

  13. Hahaha European problems have to be fixed by Europeans. Why do we Asians have to fix your problems?

  14. Offer them free trade on solar panels and grid batteries with the EU. We need them, they have the best and cheapest anyway.

    It’s technologies that don’t make us dependent on them in the long term and unlike network technologies it doesn’t allow them to spy on us.

    Also it would offer us as level of energy sovereignty.

    Sure we should build them ourselves but we can’t right now. We can’t do everything and it’s the same with the US.

  15. Why would China go against their own national interest? Yes they are interested in keeping European stability (because they are customers) but they also want to take Taiwan and for that they need Russia on their side. If they betray Russia now, Russia will become even more unstable and might even side with the US out of spite. Considering the past history of conflict between the Soviets and the Chinese (they almost went to war in 1969) that is something that the CCP wants to avoid.

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