China's Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected descriptions of Russia's ongoing attacks on Ukrainian forces as an 'invasion.'
At a press conference in Beijing, China's Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying took issue with what she called"typical Western framing" of the situation after a reporter had used the term"invasion." China would not"rush into a conclusion," she said.
on the crisis, the official appeared to go as far as she could without openly jeopardizing Beijing's close relationship with Moscow.China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson and Assistant Foreign Minister Hua Chunying hosts a daily press conference in Beijing, China, on February 24, 2022. Speaking in the hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a military offensive against Ukrainian forces, Hua rejected descriptions of the military operation as an “invasion.
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