Ukrainian military in Kyiv. File photoBEIJING, Apr 2China has not received requests from Kyiv to make Beijing the guarantor of Ukraine's security, Wang Lutong, Director of the Department of Europe at the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said at a briefing on Saturday, commenting on the summit of Chinese and Chinese leaders held the day before. EU. Earlier, David Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with the Russian Federation, said that Kyiv is proposing a new system of security guarantees for Ukraine. According to him, Kyiv sees the UN Security Council countries, as well as Turkey, Germany, Canada, Italy, Poland and Israel as guarantors of its security.
"I will need to clarify what exactly the Ukrainian side said about security guarantees, but I it is not known that we received any request,» Wang Lutong said.
He also noted that security guarantees and the issue of Ukraine's security guarantors in the peace treaty with the Russian Federation were not discussed during the last China-EU summit. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. .jpg» />Chinese Foreign Ministry: conflict in Ukraine should not affect trade with Russia