On March 14 local time, Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the office of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, and Sullivan, assistant to the president of the United States for national security affairs, clarified China's position on the situation in Ukraine during a meeting in Rome, Italy. Yang Jiechi pointed out that China does not want to see the situation in Ukraine come to this stage. China has always stood for respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and abiding by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. China is committed to promoting peace and talks. The international community should jointly support Russia Ukraine peace talks to achieve substantive results as soon as possible and promote the cooling of the situation as soon as possible. All parties should exercise maximum restraint, protect civilians and prevent large-scale humanitarian crises. China has provided emergency humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and will continue to make its own efforts to this end. Yang Jiechi said that we should straighten out the historical latitude and context of the Ukrainian issue, trace the origin of the original and respond to the reasonable concerns of all parties. With a long-term perspective, we should actively advocate the concept of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, encourage relevant parties to carry out equal dialogue, seek to build a balanced, effective and sustainable European security mechanism in accordance with the principle of indivisibility of security, and maintain peace in Europe and the world. Yang Jiechi stressed that China firmly opposes any words and deeds that spread false information, distort and smear China's position. (Xinhua News Agency)