141 out of 193 countries represented in the United Nations General Assembly It was approved in New York this Thursday, on the eve of the first anniversary of the war started by. Vladimir Putin inside UkraineA resolution, non-bindingHE He called on Russia to “immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw its military forces”.” Internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, which includes territories illegally annexed by Moscow. In the text prepared by Ukraine also “truce” and he died Rejected by Russia and six other countries. 32 people abstained, including China. and 13 did not vote.
The vote, despite its overwhelming majority and symbolic significance, revealed the gap in the face of the growing conflict. In the first vote in the General Assembly shortly after the invasion, 141 countries also condemned it, but in another vote in October, 143 countries condemned the illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine. Russia also increased its support Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Nicaragua, Mali and Eritrea.
“Globalized war”, but less
Josep BorrellThe head of European diplomacy said at a press conference at the UN on Thursday that Ukraine’s “This is not a world war, it’s globalized.” The day before, in his speech at the solution discussion, he also denied the accusations of Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia that the war in Ukraine was “a conflict of the West against Russia” and Borrell assured that this was true. “North, south, east and west against Russia”. But the truth isor is this the unit sum In front of Moscow, which Borrell mentioned.
Only 33 countries imposed sanctions on Russia. According to an analysis he did last year for the Economist Intelligence Research. Two-thirds of the world’s population live in countries that do not condemn Moscow. and especially Africaalso in Latin America and other parts of Asia and the Middle East. Disconnection with the location of the USA, European Union and countries such as Japan or Australia. Although forces from the “Global South” such as Brazil continue to vote in favor of the UN resolution, at the same time abstaining weights such as China and India.
Indiaexactly, announced last week Trade with Russia grew by 400 percent In the last year. Sergey Lavrov, The Kremlin’s head of foreign affairs recently visited. Nine countries in the East, Middle East and Africa in a month and a half, to contain South AfricaThis Friday, Russia and China participated in the military naval exercise in the Indian Ocean and continued to abstain.
Message from Beijing
Ambassador Dang Bi in his speech before the vote China at the UN he had allowed abstentions to be awaited, and also repeated frequent messages from Beijing. “Sending arms does not bring peace”, He denounced that “fooling the fire will only increase tensions, and prolonging and widening the conflict will inflict an even greater price on ordinary people.” Dang wanted it too stop “abuse of unilateral sanctions” and he called for “let it go”. cold war mentality.
for Beijing” The priority is to achieve a ceasefire and stop hostilities.Dang urged the international community to abandon “own interests” and facilitate “truce” conditions and “facilitate peace talks”. “The only viable way to resolve the Ukrainian crisis is through dialogue and negotiation.” The diplomat urged Russia and Ukraine to restart direct dialogue as soon as possible.
This is the path China has followed from the beginning, and this is the path it is expected to take. Speech by President Xi Jinping this Friday. And perhaps this intervention is where the expected “peace plan” of the Chinese leader is known, despite the UN’s insistence that it is “a”.positioned document About the political deal for the Ukraine crisis,” and this Thursday, Dang reiterated that it will be issued “soon.”
US accusations
Xi’s speech may contain an unwelcome response from Beijing. WashingtonAs The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, Publishing intelligence information To support claims that China is considering giving arms to Russia. which accusation China refuseswas launched last weekend, this Friday, on the exact anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine, by Foreign Minister Antony Blinken, who attended a ministerial meeting at the UN Security Council in New York. Last year, before Russia went to war, Blinken shared intelligence with the Council on Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine.