Beijing supports a peace conference on the Ukraine war that would see equal participation of all parties, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Russia\u2019s RIA state news agency in remarks published on Tuesday.
\n\u201cChina supports a timely convening of an international peace conference, approved by the Russian and Ukrainian sides, with equal participation of all parties and fair discussion of all options for peace,\u201d RIA cited the ambassador as saying.
\nSwitzerland will host talks during a two-day high-level conference on June 15-16 aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, to which Moscow has not been invited. On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping, on a visit to France, appeared to be lukewarm on the Swiss conference.
\nMoscow has said it sees no point in Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, while Kyiv has said it sees no place at the summit, held near the Swiss city of Lucerne, for Russia.
\nBeijing put forward a 12-point paper more than a year ago that set out general principles for ending the war but did not get into specifics.
\nThat plan received a tepid reception at the time in both Russia and Ukraine, while the United States said China was presenting itself as a peacemaker but reflecting Russia\u2019s \u201cfalse narrative\u201d and failing to condemn its invasion.
\nThe Chinese ambassador to Russia told RIA that Beijing is ready to continue playing a role and bringing \u201cChina\u2019s wisdom\u201d to help solve the crisis.
\n\u201cIn order to prevent the conflict from escalating and getting out of control, all parties must make common efforts to restore peace as quickly as possible,\u201d Russia cited the diplomat as saying.
\nSince Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Moscow\u2019s smaller neighbour in February 2022, tens of thousands have been killed and millions driven from their homes. Now in its third year, the war has no end in sight.
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Beijing supports a peace conference on the Ukraine war with equal participation of all parties, aiming to achieve peace in Ukraine. Switzerland will host talks on June 15-16, but Moscow and Kyiv have expressed doubts about the summit. China had previously proposed a 12-point plan to end the war, which received a mixed reception. Despite the ongoing conflict, Beijing is willing to continue playing a role in finding a solution to the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[486,2944,2542,6432,5255,9104,2515,499,187,5525,296,3091,3331,4795,7378,4834,9103,4843,154,19,7967,8977,1026,17,9105,1180,544,4100,1357,293,18],"class_list":["post-10898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other","tag-china","tag-chinese-ambassador","tag-conference","tag-conflict","tag-crisis","tag-equal-participation","tag-february","tag-france","tag-international","tag-interview","tag-kyiv","tag-moscow","tag-news","tag-ongoing-conflict","tag-parties","tag-peace","tag-peace-conference","tag-president","tag-putin","tag-russia","tag-state","tag-switzerland","tag-talks","tag-ukraine","tag-ukraine-war","tag-ukrainian","tag-united-states","tag-visit","tag-vladimir-putin","tag-war","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n