AFP, Sputnik and Reuters
The newspaper La Jornada
Wednesday, September 25, 2024, p. 24
New York. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi yesterday rejected US accusations that he is taking Russia’s side in the war in Ukraine and said diplomacy is the only way to resolve the crisis, during a session of the United Nations Security Council.
China is not the creator of the crisis in Ukraine, nor are we a party to it. China has always been on the side of peace.Wang said.
“All parties must abandon the confrontation mentality of cold war and play a constructive role in cooling down the situation and creating the necessary conditions for achieving a ceasefire as soon as possible.”
He added that no one should use the Ukraine crisis as a reason to impose illegal unilateral sanctions or hinder normal business operations, the senior diplomat insisted. I also want to make it clear that on the issue of Ukraine, any attempt to blame China or to attack and discredit it is irresponsible and will lead to nothing..
He stressed that China and Brazil have made public a document on their position regarding a political solution to the conflict, which consists of six points, and have thus played the role of role that corresponds to them in building consensus and promoting peace.
In his turn, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed: Tehran and Pyongyang’s support is helping (Russian President Vladimir) Putin inflict carnage, suffering and ruin on innocent Ukrainian men, women and children.at a session of the UN Security Council where he stated that these countries had violated multiple Security Council resolutions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the session to force Russia into peaceHe added that this country made Iran and North Korea “accomplices” de facto” of the war criminal in Ukraine, with their weapons killing us, killing Ukrainians.
On the military front, Russia yesterday attacked a skyscraper in Kharkiv with guided bombs, causing at least three deaths and 15 injuries, while there are fears that other people may be trapped under the rubble, according to the regional governor, Oleh Siniehubov, on Telegram.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces have lost control of 12 settlements they had captured in Russia’s Kursk province, Russian Defense Ministry senior official Major General Apti Alaudinov told Rossiya 1 TV channel, adding that Ukrainian military personnel have lost control of 12 settlements they had captured in Russia’s Kursk province. suffered great losses.
