Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on Sunday said that exerting pressure on Russia will achieve nothing in resolving the Ukrainian issue.
On Wednesday, U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions on Russia's two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, in a bid to pressure Russia to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is prepared to take further action if necessary, while urging U.S. allies to join in and adhere to U.S. sanctions on Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the new U.S. sanctions is "an attempt to put pressure on Russia," adding that "no self-respecting country ever makes any decisions under pressure."
When answer the question from China Media Group (CMG) reporter, Zakharova reaffirmed this position, saying that exerting pressure on Russia will achieve nothing.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that for a country with its own history and self-respect, exerting pressure is not a tool for resolving problems. Negotiating from a position of dominance or employing various forms of coercion has never led to anything," said Zakharova.
Zakharova said Russia has upheld the position of resolving various problems and conflicts through political and diplomatic means.
"Suppression is futile and ineffective and we should seek other methods [to resolve issues]. Above all, we maintain an open attitude toward addressing various problems and conflicts through political and diplomatic means. In this regard, we have made efforts in international affairs and have successful experiences. In our region and neighboring areas, we have consistently upheld this stance. Therefore, regardless of who applies the pressure, from which direction, or with what intensity, such tactics will not work against Russia," she said.
Exerting pressure on Russia achieves nothing: Russian FM spokesperson
Exerting pressure on Russia achieves nothing: Russian FM spokesperson
China's development has never been a "threat" to anyone but the source of growth advancing common development of all countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Friday.
Some Western media and think tanks are peddling so-called "China Shock 2.0," saying that "China is achieving fast development in high-tech sectors such as renewable energy and AI and relies on foreign markets to absorb its overcapacity, thus reducing the market share of developed countries and sending more serious shock waves to the global economy compared with the era of traditional manufacture industry," while there are foreign commentators saying that the "China Shock 2.0" argument ignores the genuine innovation occurring within the Chinese industrial ecosystem and that Chinese export is the exact booster of the global economy that is needed in the turbulent period and more indispensable than ever.
Commenting on that, Lin said: "From the world's factory to the world's market and innovation powerhouse, China's development is achieved through strong performance driven by innovation and brings tangible cooperation opportunities and space to the world. High-quality Chinese products represented by the 'old three' of textiles, furniture and home appliances have stabilized the global industrial and supply chain, lowered the living cost of global consumers and eased the inflationary pressure worldwide. China's green production capacity represented by the 'new three' of electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels has bridged the gap between supply and demand in global green development and bolstered the global energy transition and low-carbon development. Moreover, China's high-tech products represented by the 'new new three' of robots, AI and innovative drugs have broken high-tech barriers and monopoly and enabled people in more countries to access affordable new technologies," said the spokesman.
"Openness and cooperation bring about progress and win-win result. China's development has never been a 'threat' to anyone but the source of growth advancing common development of all countries. What really creates 'shocks' to the world has never been the innovation of Chinese companies and efficiency of Chinese industrial capacity, but protectionist moves of setting up barriers, decoupling and severing industrial and supply chains. China will stay committed to high-standard opening up, defend the multilateral trading system and provide more certainty and new impetus to the world economy with its own steady development," said Lin.
China's development never a threat: FM spokesman
