An armed man gestures from a barricade in front of the police headquarters in Slaviansk, April 12, 2014. [Photo/Agencies] |
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Wang made the comments during a meeting in Beijing with his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who said that both China and Germany had an interest in ensuring that the Crimea issue does not set a precedent.
Over the weekend, armed separatists took control of a city in eastern Ukraine and Kiev prepared troops to tackle what it called an "act of aggression by Russia".
The West accuses Russia of destabilising the region as a pretext to potentially sending in troops to protect the local Russian-speaking population.
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