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Antony Blinken says Xi Jinping's trip shows Beijing 'feels no responsibility to hold the Kremlin accountable'
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticised Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday for providing what he termed diplomatic cover for Russian President Vladimir Putin this week.
Xi's meeting with Putin in Moscow on Monday, just days after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant for the Russian leader for war crimes in Ukraine, suggests that Beijing "feels no responsibility to hold the Kremlin accountable for the atrocities committed in Ukraine", Blinken said.
Blinken discussed the Xi-Putin meeting during a press briefing for the release of the State Department's annual report of human rights around the world.
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"The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia - supported by China or any other country - to freeze the war on its own terms," he said.
Xi and Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Photo: Sputnik via AP alt=Xi and Putin during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Photo: Sputnik via AP>
Regarding China's peace proposal for the war in Ukraine, Blinken said that the US welcomed any plan that "advances a just and durable peace" - noting that the proposal included elements that the US has long supported like upholding sovereignty and independence for all countries.
China has called for a political settlement to the war but its 12-point plan does not acknowledge Russia's violation of Ukrainian sovereignty.
Any plan seeking a ceasefire that did not uphold Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, Blinken said, would be "a stalling tactic at best, or is merely seeking to facilitate an unjust outcome".
"Calling for a ceasefire that does not include the removal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory would effectively be supporting the ratification of Russian conquest," he added.
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