China does not rule out participation in Ukraine conference
Published: Monday, Mar 18th 2024, 10:41
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China has not ruled out participating in the summit on Ukraine planned by Switzerland for the time being. "We are closely following the Ukraine conference that Switzerland is organizing and are examining the possibility of participating," Chinese Ambassador Wang Shihting told the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on Monday.
He did not provide any more specific details. China is in favor of promoting peace talks and has always been committed to this, said the Chinese representative. He reiterated China's strategy for a political end to the conflict. The territorial sovereignty of all countries must be respected and the UN Charter must be adhered to.
According to China, all parties should work towards ending the war. "The crisis must be prevented from worsening or even getting out of control," said Wang Shihting.
Switzerland is planning a high-level peace conference together with Ukraine. The focus will be on the future of Ukraine and the so-called Ukrainian peace formula with a ten-point plan for an end to the Russian war of aggression. These are not actual peace talks. Russia is not supposed to be present.
China is officially invited. China is considered an ally of Russia, and the West hopes to be able to influence Moscow via Beijing.
The four previous peace formula meetings have mainly served to keep Ukraine's allies in line. Russia has so far rejected the peace formula as "unrealistic". The peace plan propagated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi includes the immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops from all occupied territories.
In addition, all prisoners of war are to be released. Legal punishment of Russian politicians and military personnel for the war is also part of the plan.
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