Ukraine’s leader Zelenskyy gives qualified support for China proposals on war

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Ukraine’s leader Zelenskyy gives qualified support for China proposals on war​

Feb. 24 series​

Ukraine’s leader is giving qualified support for China’s new pronouncements about the war in his country, saying Beijing’s interest isn't bad and suggested they could be useful in isolating Russia​

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BEIJING (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave qualified support Friday for China’s new pronouncements about the war in his country, saying Beijing’s interest is “not bad" and might be useful in isolating Russia.

“Our task is to gather everyone to isolate the one,” Zelenskyy told a news conference on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion.

“China has shown its thoughts. I believe that the fact that China started talking about Ukraine is not bad. But the question is what follows the words. The question is in the steps and where they will lead to.”
China called for a cease-fire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in a vaguely worded proposal released Friday that analysts said was unlikely to deliver results.

Beijing claims to have a neutral stance in the war that began one year ago, but has also said it has a “no limits friendship” with Russia and has refused to criticize Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, or even refer to it as an invasion. It has accused the West of provoking the conflict and “fanning the flames” by providing Ukraine with defensive arms.

Zelenskyy said there were points in the Chinese proposals that he agreed with and “those that we don’t.”
“But it’s something,” he added.
He also said he was doing “everything possible” to prevent China from arming Russia.

“I really want to believe that China will not supply weapons to the Russian Federation.... It is Point No. 1,” Zelenskyy said. He added that he wanted “believe that China will be on the side of the just world, which means — on our side.”

Russia’s Foreign Ministry also welcomed China’s peace plan Friday, and said it remains open to political and diplomatic efforts.

The plan released by China’s Foreign Ministry mainly reiterated long-held positions, and analysts said Beijing would be an unlikely broker.

It calls for the “sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries” to be respected, but does not say what will happen to the territory Russia has occupied since the invasion. It also calls for an end to “unilateral” sanctions on Russia, indirectly criticizes the expansion of the NATO alliance, and condemns threats of nuclear force.

Zelenskyy gives qualified support for China proposals on war

Ukraine’s leader is giving qualified support for China’s new pronouncements about the war in his country, saying Beijing’s interest isn't bad and suggested they could be useful in isolating Russia.

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