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China Urges UNSC To Not Resort To 'unfounded Conclusions' On Bucha; Calls For Dialogue
Reacting to the disturbing images from Bucha, China urged the council to verify and establish facts, and not resort to any 'unfounded conclusions'.
Ananya Varma5th April, 2022 22:56 IST
China on Tuesday addressed the UNSC session on the Russia-Ukraine war, calling upon the United States, NATO, and the European Union (EU) to engage in a comprehensive dialogue with Russia. Reacting to the disturbing images from Bucha, China urged the council to verify and establish facts, and not resort to any 'unfounded conclusions'. The country also voiced its concern over the slew of sanctions against Moscow calling it a 'weaponisation of the world economy'.
"Dialogue and negotiations are the only way to peace. Russia and Ukraine have held multiple negotiations. We call for fair conditions of negotiations and for all parties to abide by international humanitarian law. Other countries should not add fuel to the fire. The humanitarian need of Ukraine is enormous. China has and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine," said Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the UN.
China also asserted that small countries should not be pushed in between the warring countries, and compared the crisis to the Cold War era. "More than 30 years after the cold war such a geo political tragedy in Europe deserves our profound reflection. Small and medium countries should not be pushed between two big countries. The foreign policy of every country should be independent. We call upon the US, UN, and NATO to engage in comprehensive dialogues with Russia," he said."Civilians should be spared from any kind of violence during war. Bucha images are disturbing. Parties should excercise restraint and the incident and its causes must be verified and established. The actual conclusion should be drawn and one should not resort to unfounded conclusions. Sanctions won't solve the crisis. They will bring complexity in the crisis. Indiscriminate sanctions are tantamount to politicising and weaponising the world economy," he added.
Russia denies Bucha killings in UNSC
On Sunday, Ukrainian troops recaptured the Kyiv suburbs of Bucha and Irpin, revealing the macabre of death and destruction in the city. As per the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, 410 bodies of slain Ukrainians have been found in Bucha, Irpin, and other towns and villages, however, the exact number is expected to be much higher".On Tuesday, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations seemingly took a dig at Ukraine in the UNSC by saying that the 'corpses lying on the streets did not exist until Russian armed forces arrived'.
Vasily Nebenzya remarked, "Corpses lying on the streets of Bucha did not exist until Russian troops arrived. But, of course, the whole world knows that the dead bodies of civilians on the streets of peaceful towns appear just after the arrival of the Russian army. That's it, not the other way round."
China urges UNSC to not resort to 'unfounded conclusions' on Bucha; calls for dialogue
Reacting to the disturbing images from Bucha, China urged the council to verify and establish facts, and not resort to any 'unfounded conclusions'.
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