The Ukrainian president would like to speak directly with China's President Xi Jinping, to talk him into pressuring Russia.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said on Thursday he would like to speak directly with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, as he urged Beijing to use economic and political leverage to stop the conflict in his country.
I would like to talk directly. He said he had a conversation with President Xi Jinping a year ago. Since the beginning of the large-scale aggression on February 24, we have asked for a conversation, but we haven't had any conversation with China, even though I believe that would be helpful. According to Zelensky, Xi is one of a handful of world leaders who have been to Ukraine at least once, adding that the Chinese president warmly recalled his ties with Kiev during a call between the two leaders last year.
Zelensky said he wants to see China redefine its position on Russia, but he also understands why Beijing is seeking a balanced approach.
Russia came to invade our territory and this is a war on our territory. China, as a big and powerful country, could put the Russian Federation in a certain place, he said. I would like to see China review its attitude towards the Russian Federation. Zelensky believes that China has the means to make Russia stop its offensive.
He said that Russia would be feeling complete economic isolation without the Chinese market for the Russian Federation. China can limit trade with Russia until the war is over. The Ukrainian president also warned of the long-term global consequences of the conflict, which he predicted will harm food and energy security and slash Chinese exports. Due to the ongoing hostilities, many countries are spending more on food, fuel and weapons than other goods, according to Zelensky.
The people would have to pay for energy resources rather than for products coming from China Exports from China. He stated that it was 100 per cent.
China has refused to condemn Russia for the Ukraine conflict and opposes sweeping economic sanctions that the West has slapped on Moscow. The West needs to understand Russia's legitimate security concerns and build a sustainable European security system through negotiation, as it blamed NATO expansion for the tensions between Western powers and Russia. Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, citing Kiev's failure to implement the Minsk agreements, designed to give the regions of Donetsk and Lugansk special status within the Ukrainian state. The protocols, brokered by France and Germany, were first signed in 2014. The former Ukrainian president Pyotr Poroshenko admitted that Kiev's main goal was to use the ceasefire to buy time and create powerful armed forces. In February 2022, the Kremlin recognized the Donbass republics as independent states and demanded that Ukraine declare itself a neutral country that will never join any Western military bloc. Kiev insists that the Russian offensive was unprovoked.