China’s high-handed answer to America about helping the Red Sea Alliance

According to the report of the Fars News Agency International Group, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to the request of the United States to participate in the security of shipping in the Red Sea at a press conference on Thursday.

An American media has interpreted the remarks of Wang Wenbin, the spokesperson of the Chinese diplomatic service, in response to the American request as “China shrugging” (to express doubt, indifference or indifference).

The Politico news site wrote that the Chinese government seems to have ignored the request of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken for Beijing’s participation in the US international coalition to protect commercial ships in the Red Sea.

According to this report, China sent the message that it is not interested in joining the Pentagon coalition consisting of several countries, including Canada, England and Bahrain, to protect cargo ships from attacks by Yemen’s Ansarullah group.

Wang said in response to a reporter’s question about China’s response to the US request to play a role in the security of the Red Sea: “We believe that related parties, especially large countries with influence, need to play a constructive and responsible role in security.” having shipping lines in the Red Sea.”

Yemen’s Ansarullah, which currently controls a large part of this country, since the beginning of Israel’s attacks on Gaza, has announced that the ships under its ownership Either under the flag or heading to attack Israel in the Red Sea. Despite this, Ansarullah has stated that the Red Sea is safe for other ships.

The Axios news base, close to American and Zionist sources, reported last week that the threats and attacks of the Yemeni army in the past days caused The journey of Israeli ships has become longer and more expensive.

According to Axios, in the past few weeks, ships bound for other ports outside of Israel have also had to use longer routes to avoid being the target of attacks. The Yemenis should not be found.

In recent weeks, parallel to the intensification of Israel’s attacks in Gaza, the Yemeni army has also narrowed the field for Israeli ships that intend to pass through the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea. .

So far, the American and Israeli officials have not been able to find a solution to deal with the Yemeni army. In its report two weeks ago, the Axios website quoted a senior Israeli official as claiming that Netanyahu’s war cabinet has decided to refrain from military response to the actions of Yemen’s Ansarullah in the Red Sea against Israeli ships for the time being.

The US President Joe Biden’s government has sent a message to Ansarullah through several channels, asking them to stop attacking ships in the Red Sea.

But the American officials admit that these warnings have not had any effect on the Houthis (Ansarullah) and they have not reduced the intensity of their attacks.

The formation of a new naval coalition is one of the other options that the US and Israel plan to form to deal with the Yemeni army. Despite this, the non-participation of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates has made the success of this plan uncertain.

Mohammed Abdus Salam, the spokesman of the Ansarullah movement, said on Tuesday that the attacks of the Yemeni armed forces would be ignored. It will continue depending on whether the American coalition is formed or not. About 15% of world trade is carried out through the Red Sea.

A few days ago, Anthony Blinken called Ansarullah’s attacks in the Red Sea “an unacceptable threat to security” in a telephone conversation with the Chinese Foreign Minister. Maritime and international law.

US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller asked China to help the US coalition in monitoring the Red Sea in a press conference on Tuesday.

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