The programme analyses China's international prominence with its current role as a great mediating power and the course of the war in Ukraine

"De cara al mundo": international analysis on Onda Madrid

"De cara al mundo", the programme on Onda Madrid directed and presented by Javier Fernández Arribas, director of Atalayar, tackles the key issues in international current affairs every week.

China is acquiring great diplomatic prominence. In this sense, President Xi Jinping is making international moves and positioning the Chinese giant as a great mediating power, while it continues to gain space on the economic stage thanks to the fact that the Chinese currency, the yuan, continues to gain adherence in various commercial transactions in nations such as Russia and Arab and Latin American countries. After achieving the restoration of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, he is now using his peace plan for Ukraine. His visit to Moscow has resulted in a declaration that strengthens energy relations and agreements between China and Russia. Cristina Font Haro, a political analyst specialising in China and researcher at the CSIC, will provide relevant data on China's role.

Meanwhile, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is going through a phase in which false information is growing and circulating as another weapon of the contenders. Bakhmut and its surroundings remain the scene of fighting more as a symbol of victory than for their strategic value. The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, continues to ask the Europeans and Americans for aircraft and heavy weapons to be able to resist Russian attacks and go on the offensive. Lucas Martín, an expert international analyst, and María Senovilla, special envoy to Ukraine, will analyse in depth the situation on the ground in relation to the armed conflict on Ukrainian territory. 

As every Friday, the discussion will be led by Atalayar's regular contributors, Claudia Luna, Mexican journalist and writer, and Pedro González, journalist and founder of Euronews, coordinated by Javier Fernández Arribas. They will discuss the war between Ukraine and Russia, the important international mediating role of China, the strength of the yuan and the political situation in North Africa, with Morocco and Algeria playing a leading role. 

"De cara al mundo", Friday 24 March from 22:05 to 23:00.

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