AGI – Russia once again praises China’s “balanced” stance on the war in Ukraine and points to the “obstacles created by Kyiv and the West” to achieve peace. The Chinese special envoy for the search for a solution in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Li Hui, arrived in Moscow today: On the last leg of his long diplomatic trip, the Chinese special envoy spent about an hour and a half meeting with Russian Minister Sergey Lavrov .
A cordial conversation between the two diplomats, according to Moscow confirms the harmony with Beijing, just three days after Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to China. Lavrov praised Beijing’s “willingness to play a positive role in resolving the conflict,” the Russian foreign ministry said.
China’s supposedly neutral stance on the “Ukrainian crisis,” as Beijing calls it, has met with criticism in the West. For Chinese President Xi Jinping: “There is no panacea to solve the crisisAnd just last Tuesday in Beijing, the Chinese leader confirmed China’s “firm support” for Russia on issues of “fundamental interest.”
China’s position has been reiterated by Li himself at meetings in recent days. During the mission, the Chinese envoy reiterated his commitment to a ceasefire to his interlocutors, who more than once stressed the importance of national sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The latter is still a matter of debate as Beijing would recognize the regions annexed by Russia, RIA Novosti agency wrote today.
The meeting between Li and Lavrov comes days after meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as well as talks with Poland, France and Germany. China speaks of consensus building around the search for a solution to the conflicthowever, remains in a different position from the West, having never condemned Russian aggression.
Beijing shows harmony with Moscow and constantly criticizes Washington. Speaking to senior European Union officials, the Chinese envoy urged Brussels for more strategic autonomy and efforts to bring about stability on the European continent, in what appears to be a veiled reference to the role played by the United States, which Beijing has “thrown fuel on the fire”. of the conflict.
“China will strengthen dialogue”
“China will strengthen dialogue with all parties, including Russia, and make concrete efforts for a political solution to the Ukraine crisis,” Chinese envoy Li Hui said at the meeting with Russian diplomatic chief Sergey Lavrov in Moscow yesterday today in a note from Chinese diplomacy
Ukraine is ready to launch a counteroffensive
Ukraine is ready to launch the long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian forces: Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, told the BBC.
Danilov did not give any dates, but argued that the attack to retake the Russian-held territories could begin “tomorrow, the day after or in a week”. Danilov is very close to Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian strategy, adding that Kiev “cannot be wrong”: it is “a historic opportunity” that “we cannot miss”.
Zelenskyy: “There is no alternative to peace”
There is no alternative to peace in Ukraine, but to get there “we must reach the day when we can say that we have ended this war with our victory”. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote this on Telegram and appeared to be some kind of reaction to the Chinese peace proposal that would see Kyiv ceding territories already occupied by the Russians.
“It is the peace that we will pass on to our children and grandchildren as the legacy of today’s generation. We don’t have and don’t want any other alternative. But in order to pass on the legacy of peace, we must arrive at the day when we are able.” “Say that we have ended this war with our victory,” reads the full text of the President’s latest contribution to his Favorite social media channel.