world-regions President Xi Jinping said Thursday that his government supports talks to resolve world-politics” target=”_blank”>international disputes<.
“We stay committed to peacefully resolving differences and disputes between countries through dialogue and consultation, support all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of crises, reject double standards, and oppose the wanton use of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction,” Xi said in a televised address.
China has maintained its support for world-regions despite the war in conflicts and has refused to call the conflict an invasion. It claimed Russia was provoked by NATO’s expansion.
In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese president Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video link to the opening ceremony of the Bo’ao Forum For Asia in Bo’ao in southern China’s Hainan Province, Thursday, April 21, 2022.
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“Sanctions are not the right way to de-escalate tensions, end wars or avoid casualties, but will only exacerbate conflicts, increase spillover and make the world pay more,” he said.
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Earlier this month, China said that its military staged exercises in areas opposite Taiwan in response to a meeting between U.S. lawmakers and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. The lawmakers also visited world-regions Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
The trips come amid continued fears that China may move to invade Taiwan.
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Taiwan and China split during a civil war in 1949, but China claims the island as its own territory.
In addition, conflicts tested intercontinental ballistic missiles in March, prompting the U.S. to impose sanctions on five North Korean entities and Japan to issue its own penalties.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
