Jiang’s “tenure will be remembered for China’s economic prosperity and stability”, Abushahab stated. “China, under his leadership, galvanised international efforts to promote global development and uphold the rights of women by hosting the Beijing conference in 1995.”

Reflecting the nearer relationship between Moscow and Beijing, characterised as a “no limits” partnership shortly earlier than Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya drew a comparability between Jiang’s reign and modern China.

Jiang “was an outstanding statesman and China’s latest period of new history is intricately linked with his [rule], which was marked by major accomplishments and economic and social development as well as strengthening in [China’s] international standing”, Nebenzya stated.

Ambassadors Fergal Mythen of Ireland, Ferit Hoxha of Albania and Norway’s Meena Syed additionally prefaced their remarks with condolences.

As was the case with India and Britain, US Ambassador Robert Wood launched instantly into his delegation’s causes for supporting the decision underneath dialogue.

As of late Wednesday afternoon, the US State Department had not issued any official assertion about Jiang’s dying, nor had Delhi or London. The State Department didn’t reply to a request for remark.

The three nations’ silence contrasted with the EU, the place European Council President Charles Michel tweeted his “sincere condolences”.

Michel, who is because of arrive in Beijing on Thursday for conferences with China’s prime management, together with President Xi Jinping, has come underneath criticism from a few of his bloc’s lawmakers for making the journey.

Caught between Washington’s efforts to kind a united entrance with the EU to counter Beijing’s world affect and European firms closely invested in China, Michel has responded to the criticism by vowing to carry up alleged human rights violations in his conferences with Xi.

Speaking to reporters after a gathering with Nato allies in Bucharest, Romania, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Washington was “working to increase Nato’s resilience for the future as it faces new challenges, including those posed by China”.

He additionally referred to a Nato assembly in June throughout which the members stated Beijing was a “systemic challenge to Euro-Atlantic security”.

“The members of our alliance remain concerned by [China’s] coercive policies, by its use of disinformation, by its rapid, opaque military build‑up, including its cooperation with Russia,” Blinken stated in Bucharest.

Also expressing condolences over Jiang’s dying was Pakistan, a key regional ally of China’s, with Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif calling him “a wise leader and a statesman”.

Not solely has India remained silent on Jiang, however the nation’s tensions with Beijing rose on Wednesday over joint US-India army workouts within the disputed area near China. Chinese overseas ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian raised the subject throughout a daily press briefing in Beijing.

“The joint military exercise held by India and the US near the Line of Actual Control violated the spirit of relevant agreements signed by China and India in 1993 and 1996, and does not help build bilateral trust,” he stated.