The Ukrainian president said China has helped Russia, despite also calling for a peaceful resolution to the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out the chance that China could serve as a security guarantor in the event of a future peace deal with Russia to end the war in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian president’s remarks follow discussions this week between United States and European leaders about how to establish a future peacekeeping force in Ukraine should the war end.

“Why is China not in the guarantees? First, China did not help us stop this war from the beginning,” Zelenskyy told reporters, according to a report by The Kyiv Post media outlet on Thursday.

“Secondly, China helped Russia by opening the drone market,” Zelenskyy said.

Beijing has repeatedly called for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine war, but its ongoing economic support for Russia has undermined its neutral image with Zelenskyy and Western leaders.

Despite Beijing’s ambitions of playing a greater role in mediating international conflicts, the Ukrainian leader’s remarks suggest that China will have no role in a Russia-Ukraine peace process.

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  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
    156·
    3 个月前

    How could China be Ukraine’s security guarantor? China doesn’t have a military presence in the area and it isn’t known for projecting force.

    • Weslee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      2 个月前

      They don’t project force?? Say that to Taiwan and the other eastern Asian island states.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        2 个月前

        Laughs in US Armed Services.

        Weren’t the Chinese the ones who crashed into each other harassing a yacht in the Philippines? Force: Projected.

      • AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zipEnglish
        52·
        2 个月前

        On the scale necessary to actually do anything meaningful for Ukraine, no, they don’t project force.

        • breecher@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          5·
          2 个月前

          Considering they are actively part of the conflict by supplying Russia with munitions and other material, the question is moot anyway, since it would be absolutely insane for Ukraine to have an active party in the war prerending to be a security guarantor.

  • phneutral@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 个月前

    Isn’t this what the UN Blue Helmets should be doing?

    Once a peace treaty has been negotiated, the parties involved might ask the United Nations for a peacekeeping force to supervise various elements of the agreed upon plan. This is often done because a group controlled by the United Nations is less likely to favor the interests of any one party since it itself is controlled by many groups, namely the 15-member Security Council and the intentionally diverse .