Micheál Martin is to make a major speech on Ireland’s relationship with China on Tuesday, emphasising the need to “de-risk” ties between the two countries in politics, business and academia (via IrishTimesPol)
Mr Martin’s speech will also be closely in tune with the von der Leyen approach, it is expected. For Ireland, de-risking means “developing our economic and systemic resilience to in turn protect our values and interests”, aides said. The process of de-risking, he is expected to say, is not confined to Government but will affect private sector, academic and other stakeholders.
Mr Martin will also strongly reject the framing by some of a “West against the rest” scenario. Ireland’s starting point for analysing China’s global ambitions and engagements is whether or not it upholds the multilateral system with the UN Charter at its heart, he will say.
The Tánaiste will also say that Ireland’s engagement with China “will be linked to its approach to Ukraine”, officials said.A potential role for China in mediating in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is being closely watched in European capitals and in the US. While Chinese president Xi Jinping has declared a “no limits partnership” with Russia, and Moscow relies on ties with Beijing to keep its economy afloat in the face of western sanctions, China has not supplied Russia with weapons.
After a recent telephone call between President Xi and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy, China said it would appoint a peace envoy to Ukraine. Mr Martin will deliver the keynote address at a conference at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin on Tuesday. The theme of the conference, which will hear contributions from a number of academics, is “Human security in an unsettled world.”
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