Zelensky rejects peace plan of China and Brazil at UN
Half-hearted settlement plans would give Putin the space to continue the war, the Ukrainian president says
25 September 2024 - 19:43
byMichelle Nichols
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on a screen at the 79th UN General Assembly in New York, the US, September 25 2024. Picture: REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON
New York — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday dismissed efforts by China and Brazil to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, questioning why the pair were proposing an alternative to his own peace formula and warning: “You will not boost your power at Ukraine’s expense.”
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Nine months later Zelensky announced a 10-point peace plan to bring a just end to the war on the basis of the founding UN Charter and international law. Moscow rejected the plan.
“The peace formula has already existed for two years, and maybe someone wants a Nobel prize for their political biography, for [a] frozen truce, instead of real peace, but the only prizes Putin will give you in return are more suffering and disasters,” Zelensky told the UN General Assembly, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky said proposing “alternatives, half-hearted settlement plans, so-called sets of principles” would give Putin the political space to continue the war.
US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the G7 meeting in Fasano, Italy, June 13 2024. Picture: Reuters/Alessandro Garofalo
China has been trying to enlist developing nations to join the six-point peace plan it issued with Brazil in May.
Their proposal calls for an international peace conference “held at a proper time that is recognised by both Russia and Ukraine, with equal participation of all parties as well as fair discussion of all peace plans”.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advocated for the plan when he addressed the General Assembly on Tuesday.
“Any parallel or alternative attempts to seek peace are, in fact, efforts to achieve a lull instead of an end to the war,” Zelensky told the 193-member assembly.
“When the Chinese-Brazilian duo tries to grow into a choir of voices — with someone in Europe, with someone in Africa — saying something alternative to a full and just peace, the question arises, what is the true interest? Everyone must understand, you will not boost your power at Ukraine’s expense,” he said.
The Ukrainian president plans to lay out a “victory plan” to US President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.
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Zelensky rejects peace plan of China and Brazil at UN
Half-hearted settlement plans would give Putin the space to continue the war, the Ukrainian president says
New York — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday dismissed efforts by China and Brazil to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, questioning why the pair were proposing an alternative to his own peace formula and warning: “You will not boost your power at Ukraine’s expense.”
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Nine months later Zelensky announced a 10-point peace plan to bring a just end to the war on the basis of the founding UN Charter and international law. Moscow rejected the plan.
“The peace formula has already existed for two years, and maybe someone wants a Nobel prize for their political biography, for [a] frozen truce, instead of real peace, but the only prizes Putin will give you in return are more suffering and disasters,” Zelensky told the UN General Assembly, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Zelensky said proposing “alternatives, half-hearted settlement plans, so-called sets of principles” would give Putin the political space to continue the war.
China has been trying to enlist developing nations to join the six-point peace plan it issued with Brazil in May.
Their proposal calls for an international peace conference “held at a proper time that is recognised by both Russia and Ukraine, with equal participation of all parties as well as fair discussion of all peace plans”.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva advocated for the plan when he addressed the General Assembly on Tuesday.
“Any parallel or alternative attempts to seek peace are, in fact, efforts to achieve a lull instead of an end to the war,” Zelensky told the 193-member assembly.
“When the Chinese-Brazilian duo tries to grow into a choir of voices — with someone in Europe, with someone in Africa — saying something alternative to a full and just peace, the question arises, what is the true interest? Everyone must understand, you will not boost your power at Ukraine’s expense,” he said.
The Ukrainian president plans to lay out a “victory plan” to US President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.
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