Comments: China ’s efforts to promote the ceasefire of Russia and Ukraine are suffere

Source: Wall Street Journal

Author: Kim Mackrael, Bojan Pncevski

China sent a special envoy to Europe to promote the Ukraine Peace Plan proposed by China. He brought a clear message: the United States' allies in Europe should adhere to their strategic autonomy and urge immediately to stop the fire, allowing Russia to occupy it now occupying it now.Some Ukrainian territory revealed by Western officials who understand the content of this special envoy with the European government talks.

These officials said that Chinese diplomat Li Hui urged the European government to regard China as an economic option outside the United States and said that they should take action quickly and end the conflict before the conflict between Russia and Ukraine spreads.Li Hui visited Kiev, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, and Brussels this month. He went to Moscow on Friday.

These officials said that it is too early to negate the efforts of Beijing, but in view of the close relationship between China and Moscow, they have questioned whether China has the ability to act as a honest medium in any negotiations.These officials said they believed that peace was impossible before the Russian army withdrew from Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has not responded to the request of comment.

"We explained that unless the Russian army withdrew, the freezing conflict did not conform to the interests of the international community," a diplomat who had talked to Li Hui.The diplomat said that Li Hui was told that "it is impossible to split Europe and the United States", and Europe would not withdraw from support for Ukraine.

"They may be testing whether the West is united and trying to show initiative," another diplomat said.

Another diplomat said that China mainly focused on ensuring that Russia would not lose the war and Moscow did not use nuclear weapons.

In the deepening of Western democratic countries and Russia and China, the Ukrainian war has become a central battlefield.The Ukrainian war has killed tens of thousands of people, and hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.

As Russia was hit by Western sanctions, China has become an important economic lifeline in Russia.China has been buying a large number of Russia's energy. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, it has increased its products exported to Russia, such as civil and military computers and other electronic products.