China called for a comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine on Friday as part of a 12-point plan on the war, a proposal Kiev rejected unless it involved the withdrawal of Russian troops to its borders from 1991.
On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Moscow’s ally Beijing urged both sides to agree to a gradual reduction in fighting, warned against the use of nuclear weapons and said the conflict benefits no one.
The plan, laid out in a foreign ministry document, was largely a reiteration of the Chinese line since Russia launched what it calls a “special military operation” on February 24 last year.
China has avoided condemning its ally Russia or referring to Moscow’s intervention in its neighbor as an “invasion”. He also criticizes Western sanctions on Russia.
“All parties need to remain rational and exercise restraint, avoid fanning the flames and escalating tensions, and prevent the crisis from deteriorating further or even spiraling out of control,” the ministry said in its document.
A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that any plan to end the war had to involve withdrawing Russian troops to existing borders when the Soviet Union collapsed.
“Any ‘peace plan’ with only a ceasefire and, as a result, a new line of delimitation and continued occupation of Ukrainian territory is not about peace, but about a freeze in the war, a Ukrainian defeat, (and the) next stages of Russia’s genocide,” political adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
“Ukraine’s position is known – withdrawal of Russian troops to the 1991 borders.”
Source: CNN Brasil
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