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New Chinese move for peace in Ukraine


By New Worker correspondent

People’s China has launched a new initiative to end the war in Ukraine with a 12-point plan that calls for a cease-fire and the resumption of peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. The Putin government has broadly welcomed the Chinese initiative. The Germans say it needs to be seriously considered amid reports that Britain, France and Germany are proposing to send Ukraine a new tranche of weapons and economic aid as a sweetener for opening up a dialogue with the Russians. And even the Ukrainians are taking it seriously. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says he wants to meet China's leader Xi Jinping to discuss Beijing's proposals on ending the war in Ukraine which he said showed that China was involved in the search for peace. But the Americans have already dismissed it out of hand.
    China's plan calls for peace talks and respect for national sovereignty. However, the 12-point document does not specifically say that Russia must withdraw its troops from Ukraine, and it also condemns the usage of "unilateral sanctions", in what is seen as a veiled criticism of Ukraine's allies in the West.
    Meanwhile Russia hailed the Chinese peace proposals. "We share Beijing's views," says the foreign ministry in Moscow. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the media  “we value the sincere desire of our Chinese friends to contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine by peaceful means,".
    Russia agrees with the view of China on the matter of respect of the UN Charter, international law including humanitarian law, the indivisibility of security, and considers all restrictive measures unauthorised by the UN Security Council to be illegitimate, the spokeswoman added.
    In Berlin the German Government’s deputy spokesman, Wolfgang Buechner, in turn said that the Chinese plan contained valuable suggestions that should be discussed between Beijing and Kiev directly. "It is good that Beijing comes up with its own ideas. The plan contains a number of important points, such as a clear rejection of the use of nuclear weapons. At the same time, it lacks important elements, from our point of view," Buechner said. This primarily concerns the lack of a point specifying the complete withdrawal of troops, a condition put forth by Ukraine and fully supported by Germany, the spokesman said.
    However in Washington American diplomacy moved into top gear to stop the Chinese plan gaining momentum. As soon as it came to a cease-fire in Ukraine, the White House suddenly remembered about the principle of sovereignty. Washington claimed that it would not dictate to Ukraine the conditions for the end of this conflict.
    While China makes concrete plans for peace, US imperialism is only interested prolonging the military conflict.
    Asked about the Chinese plan, Joe Biden told ABC News on Friday: " Putin's applauding it, so how could it be any good?
    "I've seen nothing in the plan that would indicate that there is something that would be beneficial to anyone other than Russia," the chief American war-lord added while one of his senior diplomats, Victoria Nuland, stressed that the White House is against a “cynical ceasefire” once again confirming that the lives of people mean nothing to Washington.


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