The civil war in eastern Ukraine has been seen by China as an opportunity to balance the Asia pivot strategy of the United States according to an article in Ekspert, a Russian-language magazine covering business and political news published on Feb. 2.
Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister successfully convinced his Chinese and Indian counterparts, Wang Yi and Sushma Swaraj to join him in calling upon all parties in the Ukrainian conflict to implement the Minsk Protocol and reach a peaceful resolution to the crisis through political dialogue during a meeting held in Beijing on Feb. 2. However, the article said that it is too early to say whether or not China is a true friend to Russia.
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