“China is ready, under certain conditions, to participate in a mission to deploy a peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine, which caused an ambiguous reaction in European circles. Source: Welt Am Sonntag newspaper, European Truth: EU Diplomats on anonymity, told Welt Am Sonntag, which in Chinese authorities confirmed their readiness to participate in a peacekeeping contingent for Ukraine.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Welt Am Sonntag newspaper, “European Truth”
Details: EU diplomats on anonymity told Welt Am Sonntag, which in Chinese authorities confirmed their readiness to participate in a peacekeeping contingent for Ukraine.
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However, the sources stressed that Beijing will be ready to do so, “if peacekeeping troops are deployed on the basis of the United Nations.”
This position of China has caused an ambiguous reaction in Brussels. On the one hand, they say that the support of the countries of the global south can contribute to the promotion of the idea of a peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine.
On the other hand, “there is also a danger that China will first want to spy in Ukraine and will take a clearly pro -Russian position instead of neutral in the event of a conflict,” Welt Am Sonntag said a high -ranking EU diplomat.
Another argument is that most EU countries prefer not to give potential peacekeepers a mandate at the UN level for various reasons.
According to media reports, Russian leader Vladimir Putin at a meeting with US President Donald Trump on August 15 was not against security guarantees for Ukraine and called China as one of the countries that could provide such guarantees.
At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he does not see China among future security guarantors.
European officials are known to discuss the plan for sending British and French troops to Ukraine as part of a peace agreement, with about 10 countries ready to provide their military.