BIDEN: The United States will continue to isolate Putin and support Ukraine with the West
U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Wisconsin on March 2 local time and spoke at the University of Wisconsin. Biden said Putin wanted to split the relationship between the United States and NATO allies, but would not succeed. He also said the West would continue to stand united to isolate Putin and strongly support Ukraine. In addition, some U.S. officials revealed that the United States has supplied Ukraine with hundreds of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles this week. Officials noted that more than 200 missiles arrived in Ukraine on Monday (Feb. 28). Earlier this year, the U.S. government authorized the three Baltic countries to supply U.S.-made weapons to Ukraine, but it was not until this week that the United States directly supplied Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine for the first time. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said that as of now, Ukraine has been able to successfully receive weapons from other countries.
Macron: We will continue to maintain dialogue with Russia and Ukraine and provide humanitarian assistance to refugees
French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a televised speech on the situation in Russia and Ukraine on the evening of March 2, saying that France will convene an EU summit on March 10 to discuss the urgent situation of European defense and express support to Ukraine. He stressed that neither France, Ukraine, the European Union nor NATO wants to see this war happen, nor does it want to be an enemy of Russia. France is with the russian people and the Ukrainian people who reject war. France therefore wishes to continue its dialogue with Ukraine and Russia. Turning to the issue of refugee reception, Macron promised that France would fulfil its obligations and provide corresponding humanitarian assistance. In addition, he said, France's economy will be affected.
India has accelerated its evacuation from Ukraine, and the Congress party has demonstrated and pressed
The safety of some 8,000 Indian citizens still trapped in Ukraine has been reported to have become a matter of heightened concern, with the Youth faction of India's Congress Party demanding that the government speed up the evacuation in March 1 at a protest in New Delhi. Indian Foreign Minister Sophie Sang tweeted on March 2 that in the evacuation campaign initiated by the Indian government, six flights have brought back 1,377 Indian citizens from Ukraine in the past 24 hours. New Delhi also plans to evacuate all Indian diplomats from the capital Kiev. The General Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India, Shlingla, called the ambassadors of Russia and Ukraine to India to reiterate their request for assistance to Indian citizens still in Kharkiv and other cities in the conflict zone.
The Japanese prime minister plans to visit India to strengthen bilateral relations and talk about high-speed rail projects
According to Japanese media reports, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio plans to visit India from March 19 to 20 to hold talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which has now entered the coordination stage. Kishida plans to confirm during the talks that the Indo-Pacific Ocean will be free and open, and that the two countries are members of the U.S.-Japan-India-Australia Quadripartite Security Dialogue. The two are also expected to exchange views on the situation in Ukraine, and at the same time agree to strengthen bilateral relations on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and India, or discuss Japan's participation in India's high-speed rail construction project.
38 mainland slaughtering production line experts came to Hong Kong to provide support to alleviate supply pressure
Under the influence of the epidemic, there has been a "rush to buy" in Hong Kong, and the mainland has continuously increased the supply of chilled meat, reaching 114 tons of chilled frozen pork in Hong Kong on March 1. In order to alleviate the pressure on fresh meat supply caused by the closure of hog slaughterhouses in Hong Kong, 38 slaughtering production line experts from the Mainland went to Hong Kong on March 2 to provide support.
Source: Phoenix TV Information Station
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