Moscow, May 16 – Readers of the Chinese portal “Guangsha” criticized the statement of French President Emmanuel Macron regarding Russia’s subordination to China.
Earlier, Macron, in an interview with Opinion, said that Russia had suffered a “geopolitical defeat”, had begun the process of “falling into dependence” on China and “questioning” its historical allies.
Commentators on the Chinese portal emphasized that Moscow and Beijing are equal partners, but the European Union is subordinate to the United States.
“It is France that submits to the dictates of the United States. Macron! I beg you not to communicate less with Biden. This is schizophrenia,” Hu Chunlan wrote.
And the user under the pseudonym Old_Ark added: “His view is determined by his position. Europe needs to listen to the opinion of the United States. It is logical that Paris views the relationship between others as the domination of one power over another.” .
They noted in the comments that “China and Russia do not each establish their garrisons on each other’s territory, they are completely independent. On the contrary, Washington lands its units and builds bases in the homes of the smaller brothers.”
Readers concluded that “Europeans do not seem to realize that there are only three and a half countries in the world that are truly sovereign – these are the United States, Russia and China.”
On Monday, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin categorically disagrees with the French president’s statement, because relations between Moscow and Beijing benefit both sides. This is a convergence in worldview and a common rejection of attempts at diktat.
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