Ukraine tells China’s envoy peace plan must not lose territory to Russia | News of the war between Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine’s foreign minister has told a top Chinese envoy that Kiev will not accept any proposals to end the war with Russia, which included Ukraine’s loss of territory, or to postpone the conflict, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said.

This was stated by Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during his meeting in Kiev with Li Hui, Chinese special representative for Eurasian affairs and former ambassador to Russia.

Ukraine’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Kuleba discussed with Li “ways to stop Russian aggression.”

At his meeting, Kuleba stressed that “Ukraine does not accept any proposals that would entail the loss of its territory or the freezing of the conflict.”

Kuleba said, according to the statement, that restoring a “just peace” in Ukraine depended on “respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”.

There was no information on how Lee responded to Koleba.

Lee was in Kiev on Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to promote negotiations led by Beijing to resolve the conflict.

Li is the highest ranking Chinese diplomat to visit Ukraine since the invasion of Moscow in February 2022, and his arrival in Kiev comes three weeks after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The Kyiv Independent media organization reported that Zelensky was also named Ukraine’s new ambassador to China on the same day.

Officials in Kiev had warned before the Chinese visit that Ukraine did not need “mediation for the sake of mediation”.

“Ending the war with a compromise at Ukraine’s expense will not work,” a senior Ukrainian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP.

Beijing said the aim of the visit was to “communicate with all parties on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis”.

Li is now expected to visit Moscow, according to the Chinese government, as well as Poland, Germany and France to discuss a possible political solution to the conflict.

Xi, who visited Moscow in March and aimed to position China as a neutral mediator, has been criticized for refusing to condemn the Kremlin’s assault on its neighbor and the 15-month-old war. China also supported Moscow politically.

Officials in Beijing recently ordered foreign embassies to remove so-called “propaganda” displayed in diplomatic missions in what is being interpreted as a clear signal of support for Ukraine.

An EU spokesperson said that the Protocol Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry distributed a note on May 8 to all diplomatic missions that they should “respect Chinese laws and regulations” and “not use the external walls of embassies to transmit out politicized propaganda to avoid stirring up quarrels between countries.”

An EU spokesperson said the note does not specify what would constitute “politicized propaganda”, nor does it provide further information on the matter.

According to diplomats in Beijing, Ukrainian flags and banners put up by the embassies of Canada, France, Germany and other governments are the only public displays by most foreign missions other than tourist advertisements.

Ukraine’s backers see little current prospects for a negotiated peace, particularly due to Russia’s insistence on achieving its war aims and the Kremlin’s demand that Kiev recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia, most commonly. states denounced it as illegal.

Ukraine rejected those demands and ruled out any talks with Russia until its forces withdraw from all occupied territories.

Zelensky’s 10-point peace plan also includes an international tribunal to try crimes of aggression, which would enable Russia to be held responsible for its invasion.

Zelensky told reporters during his recent visit to Italy that there is no point in the efforts of certain countries to try to “mediate between Ukraine and Russia to end the war,” what is needed is a “just peace” based on Ukraine’s peace formula.

Russia started the war. Russia took lives. war on our land. We know all the crises that have occurred, the challenges: nuclear, environmental, food, energy. “Only we know what it is,” Zelensky said in response to questions about China or the Vatican’s potential role in peace efforts.

He said, “We did not propose an artificial plan – we suggested how to get out of this situation, to end the war – in accordance with the law, respecting the UN Charter, international law, people and values.” on Head of the site Ukraine.

Several African countries, as well as Brazil and the Vatican, have spoken in favor of the peace talks.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that Putin and Zelensky have agreed to host a “peace mission for African leaders” in Moscow and Kiev, respectively.

Ramaphosa did not give a time frame or specify any parameters for the potential peace talks, which would include a delegation of leaders of six African countries to discuss a possible peace plan.