BERLIN, July 25 China must do everything possible to It was possible to achieve a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine, said German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock.
“As a member of the Security Council (UN), you not only have the right of veto, but above all, you are obliged to do everything to ensure that we achieve peace again,” she said in relation to China during a visit to the defense concern Flensburger Fahrzeugbau (FFG ). Berbock's words are reported by the DPA news agency.
At the same time, she emphasized that Beijing should not support the Russian Federation, and welcomed the presence of the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Dmitry Kuleba on a visit to China.
Earlier, after a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in China, Kuleba announced the agreement of Kyiv and Beijing that “all forces” should cooperate to resolve the situation in Ukraine. Also, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that Kyiv is ready to negotiate with the Russian side.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Kuleba’s words about the negotiations, said that the Kremlin does not know what is behind them, and hopes to receive clarification in the near future. At the same time, Peskov suggested that Kyiv has returned to the rhetoric of negotiations because the Kyiv regime is now “obviously having a hard time.”
The Chinese Ministry of Defense previously stated that China is promoting peace negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, and NATO countries are constantly adding fuel to the fire and taking advantage of the opportunity to profit from the war.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin came up with initiatives for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine: Moscow will immediately cease fire and declare its readiness for negotiations after the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the territory of new regions of Russia. In addition, he added, Kyiv must announce its renunciation of intentions to join NATO and carry out demilitarization and denazification, as well as accept a neutral, non-aligned and nuclear-free status. The Russian leader also mentioned the lifting of sanctions against the Russian Federation.