In Kyiv, the message, distributed by an authoritative publication, has not yet been commented on.
Emmanuel Macron will try to arrange negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, the Bloomberg agency learned about his intentions. Journalists write that the French president wants to involve China in the implementation of the plan and has allegedly instructed his foreign policy adviser to develop a framework with the Chinese diplomat, a possible basis for the upcoming negotiations, Radio Liberty correspondent in Brussels Zoryana Stepanenko notes for TSN.
France’s allies are aware of any of its initiatives, Bloomberg journalists were assured of this in the office of Emmanuel Macron, but they did not publicly comment on his intentions, which the publication learned about, in European capitals. Plans foreign policy adviser to the President of France to talk with a leading diplomat in China confirmed.
And the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that they did not know about the source of the information, and it was difficult to verify its veracity. Bloomberg cites anonymous interlocutors familiar with the plans of the President of France, claiming that the French strategy, if everything goes according to plan, provides for talks between Ukraine and Russia as early as this summer. But they will depend, according to sources, on several conditions. In particular, the result of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The Kremlin claims that it is not aware of the plans of the French president, but is ready to consider only peaceful ideas that take into account Moscow’s interests. In Kyiv, messages distributed by an authoritative publication have not yet been commented on. In Brussels, too, but top EU officials spoke about China in general the day before – at hearings in the European Parliament on relations with China. The top diplomat of the association noted that in many respects they will be determined by the role of Beijing in the war between Russia and Ukraine. “We must avoid a new Cold War between the West and the Far East. Our relationship with China cannot develop normally if China does not use its influence with Russia to persuade it to withdraw its troops from Ukraine and end this war,” said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.
“Any neutrality that does not distinguish between the aggressor and the victim is the same as taking the side of the aggressor,” Josep Borrell noted. China has never condemned Russia’s war against Ukraine. There are disagreements in the general approach of the EU to relations with it, the head of European diplomacy admitted. The nature of this, he added, is clear, because the interests of the member countries differ. But if, I noted, a coherent EU strategy is needed in relation to China, which the day before in Strasbourg was called a growing superpower, it is necessary that everyone act in accordance with the agreements and their roles and obligations.
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2023-04-25 22:10:10
