Beijing: China has started evacuating its citizens from there UkraineAs fears for his safety grow, anger is mounting over Beijing’s refusal to condemn the Russian offensive, state media said on Tuesday.
About 600 Chinese students fled Kyiv and southern port city Odessa On Monday, the state-run Global Times newspaper quoted the Chinese embassy in the Ukrainian capital.
He traveled by bus to neighbor moldova Under an embassy escort and local police protection, an evacuation said the six-hour journey was “safe and smooth”.
Another 1,000 Chinese nationals will leave for Poland from Ukraine on Tuesday and SlovakiaBoth EU states, the report added.
China is following a diplomatic stricture on the Ukraine conflict, balancing its repeated insistence on the sanctity of state sovereignty with a reluctance to oust its close ally Russia.
While countries including the United States, Britain and Japan evacuated diplomats and urged citizens to leave in the weeks leading up to the invasion, China waited until Thursday to announce it would organize charter flights .
But those flights have not yet materialized and Ukraine has now closed its airspace.
In a video message on Sunday, the Chinese ambassador denied he had fled Kyiv and said he was waiting “until it is safe” to evacuate.
China has said that about 6,000 of its citizens are in Ukraine to work or study.
Its embassy in Kyiv initially urged those planning to leave to put up a Chinese flag on their vehicles, but reversed course after unverified social media claims of growing hostility toward Chinese citizens surfaced.
China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it was helping citizens leave the country, but did not provide details.
“China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese embassy and consulate in Ukraine have sent all resources and made all efforts to provide assistance and support,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular briefing.
The embassy said in a statement on Monday that two other EU countries – Hungary and Romania – would also provide assistance to Chinese nationals arriving from Ukraine.
The Polish embassy in China said on Monday that Chinese nationals deported to Ukraine can enter Poland and remain visa-free for up to 15 days.
About 600 Chinese students fled Kyiv and southern port city Odessa On Monday, the state-run Global Times newspaper quoted the Chinese embassy in the Ukrainian capital.
He traveled by bus to neighbor moldova Under an embassy escort and local police protection, an evacuation said the six-hour journey was “safe and smooth”.
Another 1,000 Chinese nationals will leave for Poland from Ukraine on Tuesday and SlovakiaBoth EU states, the report added.
China is following a diplomatic stricture on the Ukraine conflict, balancing its repeated insistence on the sanctity of state sovereignty with a reluctance to oust its close ally Russia.
While countries including the United States, Britain and Japan evacuated diplomats and urged citizens to leave in the weeks leading up to the invasion, China waited until Thursday to announce it would organize charter flights .
But those flights have not yet materialized and Ukraine has now closed its airspace.
In a video message on Sunday, the Chinese ambassador denied he had fled Kyiv and said he was waiting “until it is safe” to evacuate.
China has said that about 6,000 of its citizens are in Ukraine to work or study.
Its embassy in Kyiv initially urged those planning to leave to put up a Chinese flag on their vehicles, but reversed course after unverified social media claims of growing hostility toward Chinese citizens surfaced.
China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday it was helping citizens leave the country, but did not provide details.
“China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese embassy and consulate in Ukraine have sent all resources and made all efforts to provide assistance and support,” ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a regular briefing.
The embassy said in a statement on Monday that two other EU countries – Hungary and Romania – would also provide assistance to Chinese nationals arriving from Ukraine.
The Polish embassy in China said on Monday that Chinese nationals deported to Ukraine can enter Poland and remain visa-free for up to 15 days.
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