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- During a visit to Kazakhstan, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned his counterparts to steer clear of geopolitical conflict.
- China has refused to condemn Russia’s actions in Ukraine, though it has spoken out against Western sanctions.
- “China has never sought geopolitical interests in Central Asia, and never allows non-regional forces to stir up trouble in the region,” the Foreign Minister said.
Central Asian countries should stay out of geopolitical conflicts, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned his counterparts from the region during a visit to Kazakhstan.
Wang clearly had an audience beyond Central Asia in mind when he exhorted that “the region should be on guard against attempts by forces outside the region to draw regional countries into major power conflicts and force them to take sides.”
But Central Asian governments might be forgiven for interpreting this browbeating as a patronizing attempt by their mighty neighbor to dictate how they should run their foreign policies.
