Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused China of helping Russia to boycott the peace summit scheduled in Switzerland for June 15 and 16 and denounced that there are components of the Asian regime in Kremlin weapons used in his country.
“Russia, exploiting Chinese influence in the region, including Chinese diplomats, “He is doing everything possible to sabotage the peace summit.”Zelensky said at a press conference after his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue, the Asian defense summit, taking place in Singapore.
Zelensky maintained that the Ukrainian government has evidence that the Beijing regime is aiding Russia’s war efforts, despite President Xi Jinping promising him a year ago that his country would not be involved. “We do not expect military support from China, we have never asked for it. But we do not expect China to provide support for Russia’s defense,” Zelensky continued.
“This is what we discussed on the phone with the Chinese leader a year ago. And he promised me that China would stay out of it and not support Russia with weapons. Today there is information that somehow some things reach the Russian markets through China. Elements of Russian weapons come from China“, shot the Ukrainian leader.
The kyiv leader’s claims were contradicted by the Chinese leadership. Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun, also in Singapore, reiterated both during his meeting with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin on Saturday and during his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue on Sunday that his country was not promoting the war effort. of the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, against Ukraine.
China “has not supplied weapons to either party and has strict control over exports of dual-use goods. And we are firmly on the side of peace and dialogue.”Dong said.
Zelensky had also pointed out that China refuses to meet with Ukraine and noted: “Many times we wanted to see Chinese representatives. Unfortunately, we don’t have any powerful ties with China because China doesn’t want it.”
Beijing informed the Swiss organizers that it had decided not to send its delegation, stating that it would not be present because Russia had not been invited; However, he raised the idea of hosting his own initiative with Russia and Ukraine represented, based on what was proposed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
When asked if Ukraine would be willing to participate in such a forum, Zelensky strongly objected. that it is not up to Beijing to call such a meeting.
“Ukraine is a victim of war. It is we who must start everything. No one else is fully aware of what Russia brought to our State with this war. “It is the Ukrainians who died, the Russians raped our women, they stole tens of thousands of our children, and therefore they have the right to dictate how this war should end,” the Kiev leader added.
Intelligence services have information about which Chinese military components enter the Russian market, but Moscow’s weapons also contain components from other countries, Zelensky insisted to reporters, as reported by RBC-Ukraine. “Today there are several signs from various intelligence agencies, including the Ukrainian one, that something, somehowenters the Russian Federation market through China“, said.
“If we see that this product belongs to this or that State on any continent and if this product enters the Russian market, evading sanctions, we pass that information to partners so that they stop this transit,” Zelensky concluded in Singapore.
