Observer at a Black Sea Port
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has told China’s Foreign Minister that “Ukraine is ready and willing to engage in dialogue and negotiations with Russia” that leads to a permanent settlement.
Kukeba is in China to secure their help in future negotiations with Russia. Kuleba said the negotiations should be rational and lead to a permanent end to the war.
There is no mention of NATO, the US or UK being involved, but they can’t be happy at the possibility of peace breaking out in Europe and that China has been approached by Ukraine to set it up.
Putin has responded favourably saying Russia would like to sit down with the Ukrainian leadership and chew over a deal that leads to a permanent peace settlement. Ukraine has to be neutral, not join NATO, and surrender territory Russia has already gained.
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Thank you Michael for sharing. It does look like China is taking on the role of being the new world “Mediator”. Specially with the US and UK being pre-occupied with elections. I read today of China’s mediation between Fatah and Hamas. One commentor wondered if the objective is to unite the terror groups. 🙂 I couldn’t find the article I read. Posting this instead.
https://apnews.com/article/china-palestinians-hamas-fatah-declaration-4bef2615307b656b99cb0e18f6b6d796
Both sides show no signs of compromising. Russia wants to hold on to the border territories captured. Ukraine wants them back and restates its desire to join NATO. A red rag to the Russian bull.
Further Ukraine funding faces uncertainty. Trump, if elected, has promised to cease US involvement.
Ukraine can’t win a war with Russia no matter how much support the West advances. Cutting a deal is Ukraine’s only option. The hope here is that China may extract some strategic concession from her security partner.
Ukraine joining NATO is inconceivable. So many eminent Russians like the Communist Party Secretary Brezhnev and the brilliant novelist Gogol came from Russia. Zelenskyy was fooled by US to join them to surround Russia on the western front with NATO countries even at the cost of a proxy war with Russia.
If Ukraine declares that it will not join NATO, peace will follow. They may have to negotiate and concede some territory where Russians and Russian speaking Ukrainians live. Unfortunately, the ruthless attacks by Russia has created irreversible enmity between them.
Brezhnev & Gogol came from Ukraine.