“Putin will regret sending troops into Ukraine”: expert explains the meaning of Xi Jinping’s words

Political strategist Mikhail Sheitelman stated that it appears Xi Jinping does not intend to join Donald Trump in fighting against the International Criminal Court and may not even oppose Putin’s arrest, reports Politeka.

He spoke about this on his blog.

“Comrade Xi’s trump card during these negotiations was telling Trump that Putin would regret the invasion of Ukraine. This information was published in Financial Times. You’ve probably seen the headline, but likely didn’t dive into the details. What is it about? What’s the story there? Why would Xi suddenly tell Trump that Putin will regret it? Notice that on the very day of Putin’s visit to Xi, Financial Times publishes a report saying that, according to Xi, Putin will regret it. This is clearly a warm-up before a fight. But if you look deeper into the Financial Times article, it turns out all this happened in the context of a conversation raised by Trump about fighting against the ICC, the International Criminal Court in The Hague,” Mikhail Sheitelman explains.

In other words, the expert says, Trump is dissatisfied with the work of the International Criminal Court because of its pursuit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while the Russians declared the judges wanted after they issued an arrest warrant for Putin over the abduction of children. Accordingly, he continues, Trump allegedly proposed that Xi Jinping join forces with Putin against the International Criminal Court.

Obviously, the expert argues, the Chinese leader responded that there are no fools here: Xi Jinping is not wanted, his friends are not wanted, and he has no problems with the International Criminal Court. Therefore, he redirected the conversation in another direction — saying that China has no problems; it is Putin who has problems, and he is the one who will regret sending troops into Ukraine.

“And why would he regret it in the context of a conversation about the International Criminal Court? It turns out that, in Xi’s opinion, the International Criminal Court may catch up with Putin sooner or later. Xi seems not to oppose the idea of Putin eventually being brought to justice from The Hague. By the way, one of the architects of the Rwandan genocide died in The Hague. He lived into his nineties, just as Putin dreams of doing, but he died behind bars in prison — which is also what we wish for him. So this was a very interesting leak from Financial Times, and perhaps the first relatively sensible words from Xi regarding our war. Even if only by a couple of percent, the likelihood increases that the conversation between Xi and Putin may include a proposal to end the war in Ukraine,” Mikhail Sheitelman explains.