China will "never attack Ukraine," its top diplomat inside the country told officials Monday, according to a news release from the Lviv regional government, APA reports citing CNN.
"China will never attack Ukraine. We will help, especially economically…In this situation, which you have now, we will act responsibly," China’s ambassador to Ukraine Fan Xianrong told Maksym Kozytsky, the head of the regional military administration in Lviv during a meeting.
"China is a friendly country to the Ukrainian people. As an Ambassador, I can responsibly say that China will always be a force of good for Ukraine both economically and politically."
Fan said the Chinese Embassy had moved from Kyiv to Lviv and would remain there for the time being, according to Kozytsky.
Some context: On Tuesday, China’s Ambassador to the US Qin Gang published an op-ed in the Washington Post reiterating that Beijing wanted to see an end to the conflict in Ukraine and dispelling "rumors" that "China knew about, acquiesced to or tacitly supported" the war.
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