Thursday, March 2, 2023

China And Belarus Presidents Call For A Ceasefire And The Start Of Negotiations To End The War In Ukraine

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in Beijing. [File: Andrea Verdelli/Reuters]  

Al Jazeera: China, Belarus presidents call for establishing peace in Ukraine 

Xi Jinping and Alexander Lukashenko call for the ‘soonest possible’ peace deal for Ukraine. China President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko have called for a ceasefire and negotiations to bring about a political settlement to the Ukraine conflict at talks in Beijing. The two leaders issued a joint statement on Wednesday in which they expressed “deep concern about the development of the armed conflict in the European region and extreme interest in the soonest possible establishment of peace in Ukraine”, according to the Belarusian state news agency Belta. 

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Update #1: Belarus backs China's Ukraine peace plan - despite Western scepticism (SCMP)  

Update #2: China and Belarus express 'extreme interest' in Ukraine peace (BBC)  

WNU Editor: Besides Belarus, and much to the ire of the EU and the US, Hungary is now supporting China's peace plan .... Orbán backs China’s Ukraine peace plan (Politico.eu). More here .... Hungary PM backs China's peace proposal on settling Ukraine crisis (China Daily).

2 comments:

Raf said...

I think nothing concrete here.
The move is probably needed to give some relief on one or both fronts, and prepare for the next wave of attacks.

As long as the reasons for the war are there, no reason to think this is going to end soon.

Anonymous said...

Orbán might have had this position no matter what. What did not help is that the politically correct idiot leaders criticized him for his correct immigration polices. Yes, the European leaders were busy building bridges.