BEIJING: The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday( Sept 18 ) that China had complained to Germany after its foreign minister had referred to President Xi Jinping as a” dictator ,” calling the term” absurd” and an” open political provocation.”
When asked about Russia’s war on Ukraine last year, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock responded in a life Fox News meeting.
What would happen to other rulers around the world, like Xi and the Taiwanese president, if Putin were to win this war? She remarked.
Baerbock’s comments, according to Mao Ning, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry, were” really absurd” and violated the country.
Mao added that China had complained to Germany and that they were an open political offense during a standard media presentation.
Baerbock is a vocal opponent of China.
She claimed that China presented a problem to the” basics of how we coexist in this world” in August.
She previously referred to certain aspects of traveling to China as” more than stunning” and claimed that Beijing was exceedingly losing its position as a business partner.
A moment after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded a trip to China intended to fortify relationships, US President Joe Biden also referred to Xi as” dictator” in June.