KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he wants to meet China’s President Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing’s proposals on ending the war in Ukraine, BBC reported.
Speaking on the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Zelensky said the proposal signalled that China was involved in the search for peace, the report said.
“I want to believe that China will not supply weapons to Russia,” BBC quoted Zelensky as saying.
Even though China’s plan calls for peace talks and respect for national sovereignty, the 12-point document does not specifically say that Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine, according to the BBC report.
Russia, meanwhile, hailed the Chinese peace proposals saying, “We share Beijing’s views,” the foreign ministry in Moscow said in a statement.
China appears to be siding with Russia, though it would like to find a way of rescuing President Putin by arranging some kind of face-saving peace deal, BBC quotes its World Affairs Editor, John Simpson.
(Inputs from BBC)
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