The European Union is pushing Chinese President Xi Jinping to negotiate with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. This is reported by the Financial Times, quoting an EU official who spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity.
“What we think is positive is that China is at least showing an interest, we insist and have repeatedly insisted that they negotiate both ways, with Russia and with Ukraine,” he said. The source.
Despite the fact that the subject of China was not on the agenda of the EU summit in Brussels, which was held on March 23-24, Beijing appeared “in the background of almost all “the issues discussed there,” the FT source said.
According to the newspaper, European Union foreign service chief Josep Borrell welcomed Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Moscow, as the Chinese leader “made it clear” to Putin that he should not use nuclear weapons in a military conflict.
Moreover, according to Borrell, Beijing does not unconditionally support Moscow and does not intend to supply it with weapons, as US media and officials have repeatedly warned about this.
“They didn’t cross any red lines,” said the head of European diplomacy.
At the same time, the “peace plan” proposed by China to resolve the hostilities is not capable of resolving the conflict, although in the document the PRC does not completely side with Moscow, Borrell believes.
Media: EU pushed Xi Jinping to negotiate with Zelenskyyy and Putin
