The U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak urged Chinese President Xi Jinping to use his influence with Vladimir Putin to end the war. What Happened to Sunak on Tuesday, after Xi visited Russia to discuss the war, China's actions undermined their credibility as a neutral party in Ukraine.
After Xi and the Russian leader met in Moscow, it was clear that Russia is dependent on China, Sunak said at a parliamentary committee hearing in London.
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Sunak praised China's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity. He said that the Xi government's decision to abstain from UN Security Council resolutions and its actions elsewhere showed that it was not a neutral party in the conflict.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. supports Ukraine's peace framework, which requires the withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukrainian territory.
Blinken indirectly slammed China's 12 point peace plan that proposes a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
We need to be aware of what may seem to be well-intentioned efforts, for example, to call for ceasefires, which could potentially have the effect of freezing the conflict, allowing Russia to consolidate the gains it has made and then re-attack, Blinken said.