Politics Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba arrives in China
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wants to achieve a rapprochement of positions with China for a future peace conference during several days of talks in Beijing. "One question will be at the center of attention: Peace in Ukraine," the chief diplomat emphasized in a video on Facebook. The talks are about finding points of contact. Above all, competition between different peace plans should be avoided. "We must achieve a just and lasting peace, and China could play an important role in this," the minister emphasized.
23.07.2024, 19:30
SDA
Kuleba emphasized that this was his first visit to China since the Russian invasion in February 2022. It was also the first full-fledged visit by a Ukrainian foreign minister to China since 2012.
Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian invasion for over two years. Kiev would like Beijing to play a stronger diplomatic role in ending the war. China has presented a peace plan with several points. It does not require a complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory and thus differs significantly from a variant presented by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi. Russia controls almost a fifth of the neighboring state, including the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.
