The President of Russia, Vladimir Putinhas assured this Tuesday that the peace plan for Ukraine presented by China can serve as the basis for a future settlement of the conflict.
“Many of the points included in China’s peace plan are in line with Russian positions and can serve as the basis for a peaceful settlement,” Putin said with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after signing several documents in the Hall. of Malachite from the Grand Kremlin Palace.
“Russia and China can find a solution to even the most complicated problems,” the Kremlin leader said.
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However, Putin has produced an annex to his statement. He believes that, in order to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, “kyiv and its allies have to be ready” first. These statements resonate with those made by the Kremlin on Tuesday, in which he has warned that the United States is already a “participant” in the war in Ukraine.
He director of the Russian Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev, has increased international tension by affirming the above.
“Chasing the goal of defeating Russiathe United States and its vassals continue to inject weapons into the Ukrainian regime and, in fact, are already participants in the conflict,” Patrushev said, according to the TASS news agency.
“They arm and provide intelligence to the kyiv regime, train neo-Nazis and help plan military operations. At the same time, they do not consider that the significant human losses of Ukrainians be your problem. And the fighting does not take place in their territories,” he added.
For his part, Xi assured that China is committed “to peace and dialogue” and “actively supports reconciliation and the restoration of negotiations” between Russia and Ukraine, which have been non-existent since the last attempt in the spring of 2022 by the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“I would like to underline that in pursuit of the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict we invariably rely on the UN statutes and stick to an objective and impartial position,” he said.
“A sustainable peace”
NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenbergsaid on Tuesday about China’s initiative to end the Russian war in Ukraine that he welcomes “everything that leads to a sustainable peace”, although he recalled that it is up to Kiev to decide the “acceptable” conditions for a peaceful solution.
“Of course I welcome any initiativeto any plan that can lead to a just and sustainable peace,” Stoltenberg said at a press conference on the occasion of the presentation of the organization’s annual report.
Stoltenberg opined that the Chinese peace proposal includes “some positive aspects and elements”, such as the importance of nuclear security, protection of civilians and sovereigntyterritorial integrity and independence.
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“Any peace solution for Ukraine must be based on these principles”, on which the peace plan presented by the President of Ukraine is also based, he recalled. Volodimir Zelensky“Some months ago”.
“Any lasting peace bearable must respect Ukraine as a sovereign nation and independent in Europe in accordance with the UN Charter. And a ceasefire or any solution that does not respect Ukraine’s 70-year term of integrity will only be a way to freeze the war and ensure that Russia can rebuild, regroup and strike again,” Stoltenberg added.