China realizes that Russia is not its equal - Podolyak
Kyiv • UNN
China understands that Russia is not its equal partner, but it has not yet realized that Russia is a country with which it is possible to talk in an ultimatum tone, says Mykhailo Podolyak, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian presidential administration.
China realizes that Russia is not its equal, but so far the full understanding that Russia is a country with which you can talk in an ultimatum tone has not yet happened. This was stated by the adviser to the head of the OP of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak in the air TV channel FREEDOM, reports UNN.
"China is slow. It is unfolding much slower than necessary for modern times. Well, objectively, because the country is built on other principles, it has a different internal structure, a different internal discussion. But in my opinion, China absolutely understands that Russia is not its equal, not even as a partner, but an unequal country in terms of potential, prospects, volumes of economy, volumes of influence on the global political and economic process. [But China is very careful, very cautious. It very smoothly makes these or those reversals, gradually changing its dispositions," Podolyak said.
He noted that the process of China's reversal is quite long.
"I'm not prepared to say it will be done tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. This is a rather long process. It can be influenced in what way? Talking to China on different platforms. China is among the key big political players today, which is no longer Russia," he said.
Podolyak noted that China has not yet fully realized that Russia is a country that can be spoken to in an ultimatum tone.
"But so far China has not yet fully realized that Russia is a country that can be spoken to in an ultimatum tone. It will take some time for them to realize that russia is actually a goon who provokes and creates projects that are too expensive. That is, any complicity in programs with russia will cost much more than without russia, which makes no sense," Podolyak said.
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POLITICO reportedthat China may boycott future peace talks on Ukraine scheduled to take place in Switzerland if russia is not present.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pledged to deepen relations with russia, amid Beijing's continued emphasis on the importance of what it calls a "multipolar" world order.
