The International Occasions, a Chinese language state-run media outlet, lately accused NATO of designating Beijing as an "confederate" within the ongoing battle between Russia and Ukraine.
In an op-ed revealed on Wednesday, the International Occasions wrote that latest "rhetoric" by NATO Secretary Basic Jens Stoltenberg "feels like he tried to label China as Russia's 'confederate,'" within the Russian battle in opposition to Ukraine.
"The West has fallen into excessive madness, and that is fairly sick. That is additionally a symptom of the rising abnormality of the worldwide group underneath the coercion of the U.S. and its allies," the op-ed mentioned.
The "rhetoric" mentioned by the International Occasions op-ed got here throughout a press convention on Tuesday when Stoltenberg known as on China to hitch different NATO nations in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"China ought to be part of the remainder of the world condemning strongly the brutal invasion of Ukraine by Russia," Stoltenberg mentioned. "So China has an obligation as a member of the UN Safety Council to truly assist and uphold worldwide legislation. And the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a blatant violation of worldwide legislation so we name on [China] to obviously condemn the invasion and naturally not assist Russia. And we're intently monitoring any indicators of assist from China to Russia."
Along with accusing NATO of labeling China as an "confederate," the International Occasions additional criticized the treaty group saying that it's a "puppet of the U.S." The International Occasions additionally spoke about its place on the battle between Russia and Ukraine saying "there is no such thing as a absolute proper and incorrect, because the geopolitics, historical past and tradition between them are too difficult."
"Their tensions are a troublesome drawback to unravel. On this context, portraying their army battle pretty much as good versus evil will not be rational and detrimental to deal with it," the International Occasions wrote.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine over two weeks in the past, China has but to take a concrete stance on the continuing battle. Earlier this month, China's Purple Cross introduced that it was sending humanitarian assist to Ukraine, which was adopted by China's Overseas Minister Wang Yi saying that Beijing and Moscow had a "rock stable" relationship.
Nonetheless, on Monday, China's Ambassador to Ukraine, Fan Xianrong, mentioned that China "will respect the trail chosen by Ukrainians as a result of that is the sovereign proper of each nation."
This assertion by Fan was supported by China's Overseas Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, who mentioned, "China helps all efforts which might be conducive to easing the scenario in Ukraine and a political settlement."
Newsweek reached out to NATO for remark however didn't obtain a response in time for publication.
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