China calls for restraint, de-escalation of tensions amid reports that Russia fires ballistic missile at Ukraine
China’s position on the Ukraine issue is consistent and clear, and China advocates for resolving the crisis through political means and avoiding escalation of the situation, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a regular press conference on Friday
Lin made the remarks in response to an inquiry to comment on reports that Russia fired a hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine.
In the current situation, all parties should remain calm and restrained, work to de-escalate tensions through dialogue and consultations, and create conditions for an early ceasefire and a political resolution to the crisis, Lin said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a televised address, said Moscow struck a Ukrainian military facility with a new medium-range, hypersonic ballistic missile known as “Oreshnik” (the hazel) and warned that more could follow. He said civilians would be warned ahead of further strikes with such weapons, Reuters reported.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
