USA to China: if you want to be “constructive”, put pressure on Russia to leave Ukraine

He US government. believed on Tuesday that if China wants to play a “constructive” role in the conflict in Ukraine, pressure should be put on Russia to withdraw its troops from the territory of Ukraine.

This is how one of the representatives of the White House National Security Council, John Kirby, reacted at a press conference on the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow, where he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Kirby recalled the joint statement issued after the meeting between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, in which China And Russia They demanded “the cessation of all steps that contribute to the escalation of tension and the prolongation of hostilities.”

The American representative stated that USA agreed with the cessation of hostilities and recalled that the way to stop them is to withdraw Russian soldiers from Ukraine and stop bombing “hospitals”.

About providing China to mediate the conflict, Kirby pointed out that the country was not “impartial” because it had not condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

In addition, he continued, Xi did not attend Ukraine he also did not speak to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Russia welcomes the provision China play, in his opinion, a positive role in the search for a solution to the “Ukrainian crisis” and a “constructive” peace initiative presented by Beijing on February 24.

In his peace proposal China defends, on the one hand, the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the cessation of hostilities and the resumption of negotiations, and, on the other hand, advocates taking into account security considerations Russia before the NATO attack.

12 items proposed by China

chinese President, Xi Jinpingdiscussed with his Russian colleague, Vladimir Putinduring his state visit to Moscow, he developed a peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, a twelve-point initiative.

Document presented on 24 February on the occasion of the first anniversary of the conflict, Russia launched in Ukraine on the orders of Putin, sets out China’s position “on a political settlement of the crisis in Ukraine”.

The pillars of the Chinese initiative are:

1. Respect for “the sovereignty of all countries” and “their territorial integrity”.

2. Rejection of the “cold war mentality” and respect for the “legitimate security interests of countries” that Beijing has been repeating since the beginning of the invasion against Russia.

3. A ceasefire and a call for “restraint” to “prevent the crisis from escalating further or even spiraling out of control.”

4. The resumption of peace negotiations, given that “dialogue and negotiations are the only real way out of the crisis.”

5. Resolution of the humanitarian crisis, “effective protection of the safety of civilians” and “creation of humanitarian corridors for their evacuation from war zones”.

6. Support for “an exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine” and an end to “attacks on civilian targets”.

7. Protecting the safety of nuclear power plants and ending “armed attacks on nuclear power plants”.

8. “Strategic Risk Reduction”, which includes the emphasis that “nuclear war must not and cannot be waged”.

9. A grain export guarantee in which the United Nations should “play an important role”.

10. The end of “unilateral sanctions” for “not solving problems and even creating new ones,” said Beijing, which from the very beginning of the war expressed its disagreement with the sanctions against Moscow.

eleven. Protecting the stability of production and supply chains, which includes asking all parties to “resist” the politicization and instrumentalization of the global economy.

12. Support for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, in which China is ready to “assist”. (As reported by EFE)