China presents Moscow with 'peace plan' for Ukraine

 
INA-sources
 
US President Joe Biden met with the leaders of the nine NATO countries on Wednesday from Central and Eastern Europe, in the presence of the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg.
 
China presented its vision for the “political settlement” of the conflict in Ukraine in Moscow on Wednesday, as the UN secretary-general denounced the “affront to our collective conscience” caused by the invasion a year ago. of Ukraine, at the opening of the General Assembly.
 
Kyiv and its allies hope for their part to gather the widest possible support for a resolution which is to be considered the same day by the UN General Assembly calling for 'just and lasting' peace, one year after start of Russian invasion.
 
“The first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine represents a dark milestone, for the Ukrainian people and for the international community. This invasion is an affront to our collective conscience,” said Antonio Guterres, repeating his fears of an escalation of the conflict.
 
Russia's response to the West, through the voice of Russian Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia from the rostrum of the General Assembly, was quick to say: “In their desire to inflict defeat on Russia in any way possible, it is not only Ukraine that they can sacrifice , they are ready to plunge the whole world into the abyss of war,” he said.
 
The Russian head of state had made an impression the day before by announcing the suspension of the New Start nuclear disarmament treaty signed in 2010, the last bilateral agreement of its kind binding Russians and Americans.
 
Asked at Warsaw on Vladimir Putin's announcement of withdrawal from New Start, the US President briefly replied: “serious mistake”.
 
 
Joe Biden was speaking before meeting leaders of NATO countries from Central and Eastern Europe (B9, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland , Romania and Slovakia), in the presence of the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg.
 
The latter considered on this occasion that it was necessary to “maintain and intensify” support for Ukraine and provide her with “what she needs to prevail”.
 
In a joint statement, the nine countries stressed that they would continue to strengthen their “deterrence and defense posture along the entire eastern flank, from the Baltic to the Black Sea”.
 
Source: News Agencies