EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell declaration Reconciliation talks on Monday, June 12 conflict in Ukraine It is “unlikely to start before the US presidential election,” scheduled for 2024.
According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly awaits the results of the American elections. “You shouldn’t wait for peace talks to start before that,” Borrell said on the radio station’s broadcast. Odna Cero.
If I were Putin’s friend like the Chinese, I would have told him he had made a huge mistake, I would have corrected it as soon as possible. “This is what we expect from China,” he said.
“Under China’s Nuclear Umbrella”
According to the agreements between China, Beijing and Kiev, gives Protection of Ukraine against the use of nuclear weapons against it – this statement was made by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, respectively:
“In answering the question of whether Ukraine is protected by the “nuclear umbrella”, I will say that I am aware of the agreements between China and Ukraine. [в 2013 году] about effective cooperation.
In a joint statement issued at the time, it was stated that China had agreed to provide Ukraine with mutual security guarantees in the event of an invasion of Ukraine or the threat of a nuclear invasion.”
What Yanukovych agreed with Xi Jinping
As a matter of fact, in December 2013, after the visit of then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a statement “on further deepening the strategic partnership” was published. TASS.
It follows from this document that “China undertakes not to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances and not to threaten to use Ukraine as a non-nuclear weapons state”.
At the same time, Beijing confirmed that Kiev was given security guarantees in case “Ukraine becomes a victim of aggression with the use of nuclear weapons or the threat of such attack.”
“Senseless Negotiations”
The previous day, Advisor to the Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak declarationThat negotiations between Moscow and Kiev on the basis of peace initiatives proposed by Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa are impossible.
In principle, he refused any negotiation process between the parties. “There are no Indonesian, Brazilian or African “foundations” for this,” Podolyak said.
According to him, to settle the negotiations Ukraine crisis It would be “meaningless, dangerous and deadly for Ukraine and Europe”.
In turn, on June 11, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, pointed out that there is not even a “fair basis” for starting negotiations with Ukraine.
“Actually, there are currently no preconditions for agreements. Moreover, there is no longer any basis, even flimsy, for at least some kind of dialogue,” he said.
Recall that the negotiation process between Moscow and Kiev stopped last spring. The last face-to-face meeting took place in Istanbul on March 29, 2022 – its results were called a “breakthrough”, but in April the dialogue stopped.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that negotiations will resume on the return of all lost territories after the start of a special military operation.
Source: Gazeta
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