{"id":650010,"date":"2025-12-23T08:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/650010\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T08:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:31:00","slug":"china-pushes-back-on-threat-of-sanctions-by-ukraines-zelenskyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/650010\/","title":{"rendered":"China pushes back on threat of sanctions by Ukraine&#8217;s Zelenskyy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ISTANBUL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong\/>Beijing on Tuesday pushed back on the threat of sanctions on Chinese individuals by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina always opposes all unilateral sanctions that violate international law and lack authorizations of the United Nations Security Council,\u201d Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian told reporters in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge the Ukrainian side to immediately correct its wrongdoings. China will defend the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of Chinese companies and nationals,\u201d Lin said.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s remarks came after Zelenskyy on Monday said Ukraine was \u201cpreparing several more sanction decisions against Russian entities and those who support Russian aggression by the end of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be at least one package of sanctions targeting those working with the Russian military-industrial complex, which includes not only individuals from Russia, but also, in particular, from China,\u201d he said in a statement posted on his account on US social media company X.<\/p>\n<p>However, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin said Beijing has been \u201csince day one of the crisis \u2026 in close communication with Russia, Ukraine, and all other parties concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has been committed to ending the conflict, promoting talks for peace. &#8230; China supports all efforts conducive to peace and will continue to play a constructive role,\u201d said Lin.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has killed, wounded, and displaced millions since February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Brazil, China has launched the &#8220;Group of Friends of Peace&#8221; to promote a political solution to the Ukrainian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/p\/subscription\/1001\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size:12px; color:#444; text-decoration:none;\" rel=\"noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n                                    Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. <b style=\"color:#1897F7\">Please contact us for subscription options.<\/b>&#13;<br \/>\n                                <\/a>&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ISTANBUL Beijing on Tuesday pushed back on the threat of sanctions on Chinese individuals by Ukrainian President Volodymyr&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[5340,2106,1395,2000,299,198982,25793,128939,332,7661,2663,657,120680],"class_list":{"0":"post-650010","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-anadolu-ajansi","9":"tag-brazil","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-group-of-friends-of-peace","14":"tag-international-law","15":"tag-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy","16":"tag-russia","17":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","18":"tag-sanctions","19":"tag-ukraine","20":"tag-united-nations-security-council"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115767953543375789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}