Lavrov: “Moscow is grateful to Beijing for its impartial and balanced position on Ukraine, as well as for its willingness to play a positive role in resolving the crisis”
Russia and China have agreed that any meetings on Ukraine that ignore Moscow’s interests are futile, Russian foreign minister said Sergey Lavrov in a press conference with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
“We discussed the current situation surrounding the crisis in Ukraine,” Lavrov said. “We and our Chinese colleagues supported the conclusion that any international meetings (…) ignore Russia’s position while promoting the so-called peace formula of (Ukrainian leader Vladimir) Zelensky and therefore disconnected from reality they are futile”he said characteristically.
Moscow is grateful to Beijing for his impartial and balanced position on Ukraine, as well as for his willingness to play a positive role in resolving the crisis through political and diplomatic means, Lavrov said, according to TASS.
Commenting on the 12-point Ukraine peace initiative proposed by China last year, Russia’s top diplomat praised the plan for addressing the root causes behind the conflict in Ukraine, “primarily within the framework of ensuring indivisible security, including Europe and the world.”
Russia and China have agreed to discuss ways to deepen security cooperation across Europe and Asia to counter attempts by the United States to impose its will on the region, the Russian minister added after talks in Beijing. .
Lavrov said Russia wants the UN Security Council to provide an assessment of Ukrainian drone strikes against the controlled from Russia’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Ukraine has denied being behind these attacks.
He said Russia and China will continue to cooperate in the fight against terrorism as part of their strengthening relationship. “Our cooperation in counter-terrorism will continue within the framework of multilateral institutions,” said Lavrov.
According to Russian news agencies, Wang said for his part that the US-led NATO alliance nor should it expand its operations in the Asia-Pacific region; nor to promote confrontation. According to the same sources, Wang also said that China wants Russia and Ukraine to participate in an international conference to discuss ways to stop the war in Ukraine.
China and Russia declared a “borderless” partnership in February 2022 when President Vladimir Putin visited Beijing just days before sending tens of thousands of Russian troops into Ukraine, sparking Europe’s deadliest ground war since World War Two .
Source :Skai
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