The NATO chief said Beijing has 'joined Moscow in questioning the right of nations to choose their own path.'
in Kyiv's suburbs, from which Russian troops recently withdrew. Satellite images and intercepted Russian military phone calls link Russian troops to torture and summary execution of civilians.
Russian officials and media have simultaneously blamed Ukrainian forces for civilian deaths and claimed that atrocities were fabricated. Zhao told reporters that the"truth and the cause of the incident must be verified...All parties should exercise restraint and avoid unfounded accusations before a conclusion of the investigation is drawn."
Zhao also repeated Beijing's criticism of international sanctions."History and reality have proven that sanctions do not bring peace and security, but only bring lose-lose or multiple losses, adding to the already difficult world economy and impacting the existing world economic system," he said. Echoing another long-established Russian talking point, Zhao also accused the U.S. of creating the situation in Ukraine so as to"profit from the chaos and make a lot of money."
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