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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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Seima Oki / Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent

China avoids criticizing Russia while trying to maintain stable foreign relations

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during an online press conference in Beijing on Monday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

BEIJING -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for the Ukraine crisis to be resolved through dialogue at an online press conference Monday, although he did not criticize the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Dissatisfaction is mounting in the international community toward the attempts by Chinese President Xi Jinping's administration to maintain strategic cooperation with Russia, with an eye on China's friction with the United States, while also seeking stable foreign relations ahead of the Chinese Communist Party's National Congress later this year.

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