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Speaking after πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¨πŸ‡³#EUChinaSummit, @EUCOpresident Michel says this was "not business as usual"

"It was a wartime summit. We are living through the gravest security crisis in Europe since World War 2. Putin's war in Ukraine continues to kill women and children and destroy cities"
"We focused on what can be done to end this war as soon as possible" he says.

"The EU and China agreed that this war is threatening global security and the world economy. This global instability is not in China's interest and not in the EU's interest. We share a responsibility."
"We called on #China to help end the war in #Ukraine," says πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί @EUCOpresident.

"China cannot turn a blind eye to Russia's violation of international law. These principles are enshrined in the UN charter and are principles sacred to China."
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Today will see the 1st πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ #EUChinaSummit in 2 years. It was planned before πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊPutin's invasion of πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦, but the topic will obviously dominate today's talks.

The big question: can πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί use its economic leverage to stop πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ aiding πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί, and should Europe use a carrot or stick approach?
Ahead of the summit, a senior EU official noted πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ has over past 3 decades economically benefitted from the system of international rules that's now under threat from #Putin, therefor should want to side with πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ.

But πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³'s interests now may be more geopolitical than economic.
"Do you [πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³] want to endanger the stability and growth prospects of the global economy and your own country?” asked the EU official.

The stick approach: If πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ supplies πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί for #UkraineWar or helps it evade sanctions, may get less economic access to West (or face sanctions itself)
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