President Xi Jinping heads to Russia on Monday hoping to deliver a breakthrough on Ukraine as China seeks to position itself as a peacemaker.
Freshly reappointed for a third term in power, Xi is pushing a greater role for China on the global stage, and was crucial in mediating a surprise rapprochement between Middle Eastern rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia this month.
"Stopping the war is everyone's wish, given Europe stands to lose such a lot and the United States may not be able to support Ukraine for as long as it thinks it can," said Wang Yiwei, director of the Institute of International Affairs at Beijing's Renmin University of China. Xi's trip -- which comes after the International Criminal Court on Friday announced an arrest warrant for Putin on war crimes accusations -- aims"to show whatever support for his strategic partner he can provide, short of aid that would result in sanctions", she told AFP.Seeking to play the peacemaker, China last month published a 12-point position paper on the war in Ukraine, calling for dialogue and respect for all countries' territorial sovereignty.
China's recent diplomacy around the war appeared to be"an attempt to highlight" the GSI and"build momentum for its foreign policy and re-engagement with the world", said Ja Ian Chong, an associate professor at the National University of Singapore. It later emerged that Xi himself offered for China to serve as a"bridge" between the rivals, challenging Washington's long-standing role as the main external power broker in the Middle East.
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