ANKARA, Mar 25 The West did not foresee the initiative Beijing on Ukraine, the policy of dividing Russia and China has reached a dead end, said the official representative of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ibrahim Kalin.
The Chinese authorities in February proposed their peace plan for Ukraine. It includes 12 points, including calls for a ceasefire, respect for the legitimate interests of all countries in the field of security, and the settlement of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. According to Vladimir Putin, many points of the Chinese peace plan can be taken as the basis for a settlement when they are ready for this in the West and in Kyiv. Earlier on Saturday, Kalyn called for a thorough study of Beijing's initiative.
«I came to the conclusion that the West did not foresee China's position, Beijing's mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, this is, frankly, Riyadh's message to the West. An active position China on Ukraine, trying to take the initiative, because Beijing used to keep a certain distance, sanctions against Russia are pushing it towards China, but from the very beginning there was talk about the need for a policy to separate Russia and China, this policy has reached a dead end, unfortunately, on the western front without change, but it is not permissible to keep this front open,» Kalyn said in an interview with NTV.
According to him, Turkey will continue to «adhere to the position of a peaceful settlement of the conflict based on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine «.