Czech President and former NATO general Petr Pavel warns against China’s role as a peace broker between Russia and Ukraine, Politico reports.
Pavel believes China benefits from prolonging the war and argues that “the West is probably becoming a little bit weaker by supporting Ukraine”.
He also thinks that China “can push Russia to a number of concessions” for its “no limits” partnership, like cheap oil and gas imports from Moscow.
“China is taking lessons out of the conflict every day. They closely follow what Russia is doing, how the West is reacting.”
– Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic
