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[text/observer network xiong chaoran] recently, danish prime minister mette frederiksen declared in an exclusive interview with the financial times that europe should reduce its dependence on china in technology, and stated that it has learned the lesson of over-reliance on a single supplier, just like its previous dependence on russian oil and natural gas.

in the report published by the financial times on september 2 local time, frederiksen urged europeans to change their "attitudes and ways of looking at the world based on peacetime" and mentioned the russia-ukraine conflict, which is about to enter its third year, claiming that people should raise their awareness of "china's role in this regard."

"i don't think russia can continue this full-scale conflict while operating in other parts of the world without china's help." frederiksen claimed that europe must also increase investment in domestic technology.

"we were too dependent on russian gas and oil in the past, and now we have become equally dependent on china for many technologies, and that's a big mistake." however, she declined to say whether trade restrictions were needed to wean the european economy off its reliance on chinese goods.

frederiksen is the leader of the center-left social democratic party of denmark. she recently attended the forum held by the central and eastern european think tank global security forum (globsec) in the czech republic for the first time this year. czech president petr pavel also "pressurized" china, saying that "china is in the best position among all countries to end russia's 'aggression' against ukraine."

frederiksen also said denmark was pushing the eu to take action against russia's "shadow fleet," which is believed to be ships moscow uses to circumvent western sanctions to help keep its economy running and the conflict with ukraine going.

the danish prime minister said that since the outbreak of the russian-ukrainian conflict in february 2022, an estimated 200 russian tankers have crossed the denmark strait, posing an environmental risk. "i think everyone in europe agrees that we need to deal with this problem." however, she declined to disclose specific actions or whether russian ships would be banned from sailing in the nordic region.

the financial times noted that denmark was one of the first countries to provide ammunition to ukraine and began transferring f-16 fighter jets to kiev in july. frederiksen urged other western allies to remove any remaining "red lines" for providing ukraine with more weapons. she also said that in addition to requiring that these weapons be deployed within the scope of international law, there should be no restrictions on how kiev can use these weapons.

"we don't have time to delay any longer, and i think this discussion should stop." frederiksen added fuel to the fire, saying: "when you're dealing with something like the russia-ukraine conflict, which has global implications for all of us, the idea of ​​drawing a 'red line' is simply giving the enemy a good hand... restricting donations is simply a mistake... we should give ukraine what it needs."

earlier, a spokesperson for the chinese ministry of foreign affairs responded that china is not the creator or party to the ukrainian crisis, and has not provided lethal weapons and equipment to any party in the conflict. we have not and will not do anything to profit from it. other countries should not smear and attack the normal state relations between china and russia, should not undermine the legitimate rights and interests of china and chinese companies, and should not blame china for no reason and provoke confrontation between camps.

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