Chinese President Xi Jinping stated today, Monday, that his country's proposal for a settlement in Ukraine reflects global views and contributes to avoiding the consequences of the crisis. In an article published at the beginning of his visit to Russia, he noted that Beijing's proposal, a 12-point document released last month, serves as a building block to avoid the crisis's fallout and support a political resolution, calling for a "pragmatic" approach to Ukraine.
Xi emphasized that a peaceful resolution to the situation in Ukraine would "also ensure the stability of global production and supply chains," while also urging for a rational approach to resolving the crisis, which can be "achieved if everyone is guided by the concept of collective, comprehensive, common, and sustainable security and continues dialogue and consultations with a degree of equality, wisdom, and pragmatism."
He confirmed that his visit to Russia aims to strengthen friendship between the two countries, enhance comprehensive partnership, and strategic interaction in a world threatened by acts of dominance, tyranny, and bullying. He wrote: "There is no global model for governance, nor is there a global system where one state has the final say. Global solidarity and peace without divisions and disturbances is a common interest for all humanity."
The Chinese president asserted that resolving the Ukrainian crisis requires respect for other security concerns, referring to Russia's security anxieties due to NATO's eastward expansion. In his article in the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, he argued that complex problems do not have easy solutions, and he is convinced that a rational exit from the Ukrainian crisis and a pathway to lasting peace and global security will be found if everyone is guided by the concepts of common, integrated, and sustainable security and continues dialogue and consultations in an equal, wise, and practical manner.
He noted that since the beginning of last year, the Ukrainian crisis has worsened significantly, and that his country has always taken an objective and neutral stance, making active efforts to promote reconciliation and peace negotiations. He indicated that the various views expressed serve as China's fundamental principle in the Ukrainian settlement, particularly emphasizing the need to comply with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, respect the security concerns of all countries, and support all efforts aimed at a peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian crisis and ensure stability in global production and supply chains.
Xi considered the Chinese vision as a constructive factor in neutralizing the crisis's consequences and enhancing political resolution, stating, "Complex problems do not have easy solutions." The Chinese president begins his visit to Russia today at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin. According to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov, the two presidents will discuss cooperation in energy, military technical cooperation between the two countries, as well as the crisis in Ukraine.
