The European Union’s foreign policy chief described a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "deaf dialogue,” casting doubt on how much cooperation the Asian nation will offer to end the war in Ukraine.
"China wanted to set aside our difference on Ukraine,” said Josep Borrell, who accompanied European leaders in talks with Xi last week. "They didn’t want to talk about Ukraine. They didn’t want to talk about human rights and other issues, and instead focused on the positive things.”
Borrell told the European Parliament on Tuesday that "the European side made clear that this compartmentalization is not feasible, not acceptable,” adding: "For us the war in Ukraine is a defining moment for whether we live in a world governed by rules or by force.”