France, China send 'clear message' to Moscow on Ukraine - Breaking news. The Foreign Minister of France, Stéphane Séjourné, on a visit to Beijing, where he met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, said he expected China to send a "clear message" to Moscow.
China is formally neutral in the confrontation between Moscow and Kiev, even if it has increasingly close relations with Russia. France does not seek economic "decoupling" from China, the French Foreign Minister also said.