Ukraine ask for the Chinese collaboration as a mediator to “reach a ceasefire”. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has assured his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, that his country is willing to continue negotiations with Russia and that in order to continue along the path of dialogue, he awaits “China’s mediation.”
“Ending the war is the priority for the Ukrainian side and we are calm, open to negotiating a solution. Although the negotiation is not going smoothly, we are willing to continue with it. Also to strengthen communication with China. We await the mediation of China to reach a ceasefire,” Kuleba explained.
For his part, Wang Yi expressed his concern about the damage to the civilian population and asked Ukraine to continue negotiating: “China deplores the outbreak of the conflict and is extremely concerned about the damage to the civilian population. In view of the continuing expansion of the fighting, the priority is to ease the situation on the ground as much as possible to prevent the conflict from escalating or spiraling out of control. seek a solution through negotiations“, he stated.
This was the first call between those responsible for Chinese and Ukrainian diplomacy since the beginning of the conflict, about which China has maintained an ambiguous position. The country has insisted on both “respecting the territorial integrity of all countries” and paying attention to “legitimate security demands” by Russia.
In addition, China abstained last Friday in the vote on a resolution condemning Russia at the United Nations, and has opposed sanctions because he considers that “they do not help to solve the problems but to create new ones”.
He also agrees that this has been the first time that Chinese diplomats have referred to the “harms” caused to the civilian population. Wang, however, has clarified that “the security of one country cannot come at the expense of that of others” or that “it cannot be achieved through the expansion of military blocs”
Source: Lasexta
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