China Urges “Restraint” After Russia Raises Alarm Over Risk of Nuclear War
China on Tuesday called for “restraint” after Russia’s foreign minister raised the prospect of the “real” threat of nuclear war amid Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“No one wants to see the outbreak of a third world war,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters during a briefing on Tuesday.
Wenbin added, “We hope that relevant parties can keep cool-headed and exercise restraint, prevent escalation of tension, realize peace as soon as possible and avoid inflicting a heavier price on Europe and the world.”
“We should reflect on why Europe has again got caught up in the geopolitical conflict more than 30 years after the end of the Cold War, on how to build a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture, and on how to strengthen the global security governance system,” Wenbin said.
Wenbin was responding to a question about recent remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who warned the West to not underestimate the “serious” and “real” risks of a third world war by getting involved in Russia’s war with Ukraine.
