A long phone call with a call for dialogue and a warning that no one will win a nuclear war. Author: AFP
BEIJING, 26 April. — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday reaffirmed his conviction that negotiations and negotiations are the only viable way out of the Ukrainian crisis and that there will be no winners in a nuclear war.
Xi Jinping made the announcement during a telephone conversation with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during which the two sides exchanged views on Sino-Ukrainian relations and the crisis in Ukraine, Xinhua reported.
China will send a special government representative for Eurasian affairs to Ukraine and other countries to conduct in-depth contacts with all parties on a political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis, the report said.
China did not create the Ukrainian crisis and is not a party to it. As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and an important responsible country, China will not remain indifferent, will not add fuel to the fire, and even more so will not use the situation to its advantage,” the Asian country said in a statement. quoted by Russia Today.
In addition, the Chinese President noted that bilateral relations have been developing for 31 years and have reached the level of strategic partnership, which has contributed to the corresponding development and revival of the two countries.
Xi thanked President Zelensky for repeatedly saying that he attaches great importance to the development of Sino-Ukrainian ties and cooperation with China.
Mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity, Xi said, is the political foundation of bilateral relations.
China’s willingness to develop relations with Ukraine is consistent and clear, Xi Jinping said, adding that no matter what happens in the international arena, China is ready to work together with Ukraine to promote mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries.
Zelensky, for his part, noted that the conversation was “long and meaningful” and expressed the hope that, together with the appointment of the Ukrainian ambassador to China, “will give a strong impetus to the development” of bilateral relations between the two countries. countries, according to RT.
The President of Ukraine authorized the former Minister of Strategic Industries Pavel Ryabikin to become the new ambassador to China.
At the beginning of the year, China showed interest in a peaceful resolution of tensions in Ukraine, formulating a 12-point peace plan, which was accepted by the parties, but not implemented.
After talking with Xi Jinping, Zelensky wrote on his social networks that peace in the conflict with Moscow “will not be achieved at the cost of territorial obligations.”
In recent days, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is currently in Spain as part of a trip he previously visited China and Portugal, has called for the formation of a group of nations that supports a negotiated solution to the problem. a crisis.
Source: Juventud Rebelde