“The location of the China on the political solution to the Ukraine crisis», confirmed by Beijing It was taken cautiously in a document released in the morning Kyiv called it a “good signal” but was criticized by NATO, which accused the Chinese authorities of “not being credible as they never condemned the invasion Russia». Also because, remembers the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg TallinnBeijing «signed a permanent partnership agreement some time before the Russian invasion Fly». And on the possibility that China will deliver arms to Moscow, the NATO number one said: “We see no evidence of even minimal military aid, but what we see is that there are signs that China might do so .” The document, released on the anniversary of Russian aggression in Kiev, contains 12 points, for the European Union it looks more like a set of positions to achieve de-escalation than a real “peace plan”. “China has published a position paper, not a peace proposal,” said the European ambassador to China. Jorg Toledo. However, says Beijing Toledo: “If the position paper is a positive sign for Ukraine, then so is it for UkraineEU, even if we study it carefully.
However, according to the ambassador, China should “fulfill its responsibility to defend the UN Charter in the face of Russian aggression,” he added during a ceremony held in the Chinese capital this morning and dedicated to the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. attended by many diplomats, not only Europeans, as a show of solidarity. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Beijing has a “special responsibility”: “I don’t know whether that’s compatible with neutrality, it depends on the importance of neutrality,” Toledo added. “China – he continues – must support, defend and promote the values that are being seriously violated by the aggressor in this war and must support the goals and values of the UN, especially when it comes to war and peace,” he concluded.
The reaction of the Federal President, on the other hand, is tougher Frank-Walter Steinmeier, according to which China’s constructive role in the war in Ukraine is “questionable”. “If so, China needs to talk not only to Russia but also to Ukraine,” he added. Chancellor Olaf Scholz takes the same position. According to his spokesman, “it is important that Beijing speaks directly to Kiev”. Although it is “good that China has taken responsibility and presented its ceasefire proposals,” he continued, the presented document “still lacks important elements”.
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