China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has called for peace talks on the war in Ukraine to be promptly resumed, as he blamed an “invisible hand” for the protraction and escalation of the year-old conflict. Qin said the process of peace talks should begin as soon as possible and the legitimate security concerns of all parties should be respected. “There seems to be an invisible hand, pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict and using the Ukraine crisis to serve a certain geopolitical agenda. China recently presented a so-called position paper about its stance on the war, but the paper was largely met with disappointment and scepticism. Qin disclosed China did not provide weapons to Russia amid the conflict, adding that Beijing did not create nor was party to the crisis.

Source: Punch March 07, 2023 22:48 UTC