China claims that its 'peace plan' for Ukraine is supported by over 110 countries
The plan, presented together with Brazil, does not mention Ukraine's territorial integrity or the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine
China's six-point plan for peace in Ukraine has the support of more than 110 countries, a Beijing official said on 2 August.
Beijing is trying to attract countries in the Global South to join its six-point peace plan, which China and Brazil outlined in May.
In particular, the six-point plan provides for:
- No escalation or provocation on either side.
- An international peace conference accepted by both Russia and Ukraine that includes "honest discussion" of all peace plans.
- Increased humanitarian aid to "prevent a larger humanitarian crisis", as well as the exchange of prisoners of war, rather than attacks on civilians.
- All possible efforts should be made to "prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and avoid a nuclear crisis".
- Attacks on nuclear power plants and other peaceful nuclear facilities "must be opposed".
- Expanding international cooperation on issues related to "protecting the stability of global industrial and supply chains".
The Chinese plan does not mention the territorial integrity of Ukraine or the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine.
Speaking on 2 August during a trip to Brazil, with which China jointly proposed the plan, Li Hui, the Chinese government's special representative for Eurasian affairs, said that international support for the plan was growing.
"China and Brazil have jointly published a so-called six-point consensus to promote a political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis," he told Ukrinform.
"This statement was supported by more than 110 countries," Li said.
He did not specify which countries had pledged their support. In early June, China said that 45 countries supported the plan.
The Chinese proposal is presented as an alternative to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace plan, which is supported by Kyiv's Western partners.
Zelenskyy's 10-point peace formula, among other goals, calls for the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, punishment for war crimes, and the release of all prisoners.
China officially declares itself a neutral party in Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine and denies providing armed assistance to either side, but Beijing and Moscow continue to develop close relations, with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin visiting Xi Jinping in China as recently as May.
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