AFP, AP and Reuters
La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, September 29, 2024, p. 17
New York., The Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei Lavrov, held yesterday before the United Nations (UN) General Assembly the nonsense of ignoring alternatives to Ukraine peace proposalsand warned the West of the danger of trying to “fight to victory with a nuclear power.
Do not seek a confrontation with Moscowsaid Lavrov, since it would be a suicide exit and asked that the peace proposals take into account the causes that originated the conflict. West hopes to defeat Russia using the illegitimate neo-Nazi regime in kyiv, but they are already preparing Europe to also launch into this suicidal adventure.
Lavrov, who spoke on behalf of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who, as in previous years, did not attend the Assembly, referred to the flagrant violations of the rights of the Russians and those They bring with them threats to the security of the federation and of all of Europe promoted by the kyiv regime and those who are dragging it into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)..
China urges not to expand the battlefield
Meanwhile, China warned in the Assembly about a battlefield expansion in the Russia-Ukraine war, and reiterated the Beijing government’s commitment to shuttle diplomacy and efforts to end the conflict.
“The highest priority is to commit to non-expansion of the battlefield… China is determined to play a constructive role,” Wang Yi said. He warned that other nations should not throw fuel on the fire or take advantage of the situation for selfish benefitsa probable reference to the United States.
On Friday, in activities on the sidelines of the Assembly, China and Brazil sought to enthuse other participants about their peace plan for Ukraine. They indicated that around a dozen countries signed a statement in which take note of the six-point road map, which calls for a peace conference with Ukraine and Russia and non-expansion of the battlefield, among other provisions.
The Ukrainian authorities received the proposal with indifference, but the countries that signed the statement make up a group of friends for peace so that their ambassadors to the UN can keep the conversation going among themselves. Members, ranging from Algeria to Zambia, are primarily African and Latin American.
Double Kremlin offensive on the Ukrainian hospital
In the field of war, Russian forces twice attacked a medical center in Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine, causing the death of at least nine people, according to Ukrainian authorities.
“Russia caused explosions with drones Shahed2 in one of the city’s hospitals,” Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky wrote on Telegram, while regional authorities added that 12 were injured.
The attack comes as the Ukrainian president pressures his Western allies to allow the use of long-range precision weapons to attack inside Russia.
