Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow on Monday and said they would discuss a 12-point peace proposal for the Ukraine war that Beijing has put forward.
“We have thoroughly studied your proposals for resolving the acute crisis in Ukraine,” Putin told Xi, according to the Russian news agency TASS. “Of course, we will have an opportunity to discuss this.” He added that Russia is always open to negotiations.
Xi will be in Moscow until Wednesday and is expected to hold virtual talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky following his meetings with Putin. Ahead of his arrival in Moscow, Xi called for a “rational way” out of the Ukraine conflict in an op-ed for the Rossiiskaya Gazeta, a newspaper published by the Russian government.
Xi said in the op-ed that China’s 12-point peace plan, which calls for an end to hostilities and the resumption of peace talks, could be the basis for the discussions to end the war. “The document serves as a constructive factor in neutralizing the consequences of the crisis and promoting a political settlement,” he wrote. “Complex problems do not have simple solutions.”
The Biden administration has come out strongly against any Chinese efforts to mediate a ceasefire. On Friday, John Kirby, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said the administration does not “support calls for a ceasefire right now.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken doubled down on this position on Monday, saying that the world must “not be fooled” by China’s peace plan. The talking point from the Biden administration is that a pause in fighting could solidify Russian territorial gains.
“Calling for a ceasefire that does not include the removal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory would effectively be supporting the ratification of the Russian conquest … The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia supported by China, or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms,” Blinken said.
The Biden administration’s position follows a pattern of the US and its allies discouraging peace talks throughout the conflict. While the US has rejected China’s proposal, Zelensky expressed an openness to the plan and called for a meeting with Xi after it was put forward.
Having just watched All Quiet on the Western Front, stalling any amount of time before negotiating/arriving at armistice is clearly a crime against humanity. Biden and Blinken should be put on trial for this. Ukraine is NOT their puppet to manipulate. It is not US territory.
Air drop both into the maelstrom. With a .45 for each and one clip.
Yes, but I wouldn’t give them the .45 and clip. The cowards would off themselves. Let them feel the misery they have inflicted on the average Ukrainian.
Gosh you must be older than me. .45 is not very common these days and clips had been replaced by magazines decades ago.
The US classes all of Europe as it`s own back yard , the US will try to keep any conflict with Russia in Europe and not in the US .
The US classes all of planet Earth as it`s own back yard.
Good! Let them meet and implement peace. Any country that is not supportive of such efforts must have ulterior motives.
Well that’ll be the USA of course.
Peace plan will not happen as Zelensky is the servant of the USA and it’s masters. The likes of Northrop Grumman, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are the rulers of US foreign policy and the war is not going to end if they have their way.
US will start to talk about ceasefire if Ukraine has a major defeat this summer. Russia is always ready to talk but the talks don’t mean the ceasefire. It is highly unlikely they will agree about ceasefire any soon.
It’s the Neocons who ultimately design US foreign policy – the MIC is one of the beneficiaries but not without power to sue the US government for loss of income since they have contracts to supply with ISDS provisions.
From my archive….[Check out the link to NYT]
The MIC have contracts to ”continue” the supply and are able to sue via ISDS for compensation when they imagine that their own and imagined financial forecast will suffer a downturn.
Least that was the feeble excuse used by Obama [while HRC stated that it would result in job losses]
Once Imperiled, U.S. Aid to Egypt Is Restored [NYT]
Profiting from wars should be classified as a war crime – The UK and Germany are the only countries that prohibit profiteering.
The entire MIC [it’s shareholders and financiers] ought to be penalized for supporting crimes against humanity made worse by deliberately prolonging conflicts while diverting funds that should have been invested on any number of worthy causes.
The UK make massive profits from war mongering , other wise they wouldn`t bother .
That and more – the other side is that it empowers the Neocons’s fact free narrative.
Your comment that I replied to appears to have been deleted, Southern..wtf?
Correct 2 of them have been removed [not by me]
Both of them included a link to articles posted on Unzreview – by Larry Romanov the first one was ”worlds richest man” and the other was titled ”They …..were busy in the 1930’s” [blank because it triggers auto mod] that’s also related to the world of high finance.
If still interested I’m able to suggest a neutral site where links won’t trigger auto mod / thoughtcontrol
Ah HA! Links to the Unz Review, Southern! I suspect that’s the problem.
I go there to read Philip Giraldi….huh, can I say that here?
All wars are bankers wars, the articles provided a detailed account of what happened during the 1930’s one of the interesting revelations was how having gold and or silver was criminalized for citizens who were given a useless piece of paper while the actual bullions ended up in private banks – they same trick was repeated all around the world.
Both the Russian Federation and the Chinese Republic have a significant amounts of gold bullion – needless to suggest that will have masters of Neocons salivating at the mere thought of it.
With Andiivka and Bakhmut about to fall what is it that Biden and Nuland know that makes them think Ukraine is going to turn this around? Is there some great counteroffensive planned or is it bullheaded stupidity or is that Ukraine hasn’t been devastated enough just yet for the next billion dollar handout – to companies that get to come in and rebuild at rock bottom disaster capitalism prices?
Yes, Ukraine/NATO is preparing a great offensive. It should start in April. Most likely in Crimean direction. Transnistria can be attacked too.
In my dreams (I’m a dissociate) I have dirt on every evil person on this planet and I will plaster it all over the internet before the invasion. I hope my dreams come true.
The most important part of China/Russia negotiations is today. Particular the first part of the day when Chinese delegation will talk with Mishustin and his 6 vice premiers, chief of Russian Central Bank Nabiullina, Shoigu, Lavrov, Borisov, Manturov and some others. So it is clear what they are going to talk about. The major issues are: industrial cooperation, including military industry, finances and some major Chinese/Russian economic projects. Of course they will also talk about Ukraine and NATO but it happens in the second part of the day when Xi meets Putin.
I don’t why we are trying to sabotage a potential peace deal. It’s already unlikely, but why do our hardest to sabotage it? The neocons in power are truly evil.
“Putin Tells Xi He Will Discuss China’s Peace Proposal for Ukraine Blinken says the world should ‘not be fooled’ by China’s peace plan”
So when Russia and China impose peace on Ukraine will Joey Biden insist on staying at war?
No but sanctions will not be lifted – the reason that the US has a ‘say’ in the Chinese peace plan is that it requires the Western states to end their sanctions and in its extreme interpretation dissolve NATO.
People are fooled by the corporate media. For Xi, Taiwan is much more important than Ukraine. He needs Putin’s support in his confrontation with US about Taiwan. That is the main international issue he is going to talk about with Putin. The rest is about economic and financial cooperation. One of the most important things, is the replacement of American soy beans by Russian ones. Chinese people use soy beans to feed the pigs. Pork is the main meat in China. And of course the energy security.
China and Russia have to support each other all the way – Here’s the thing if either of them falls then the other will be left on their own.
Russia, China and Iran together are a formidable alliance!
🇨🇳🇷🇺🇮🇷
This war may well be the banana peel that Amerikkka slips on and falls on its ass.
It’s a big ASS, not a bad ASS.
They are indeed, unfortunately the US government doesn’t share that view.
The US is pretending that every single nation on earth poses a threat unless they become a US vassal state and privatizes all state owned assets signs along the dotted line and loses control over their sovereignty.
So one question that ought to arise is – who then, will snap up these assets and who will extend the credit required and what if this credit is simply created out of thin air?
At the current pace, China will own Russia within couple of years and if Russia were to collapse, China will retake and annex Manchurian.
Don’t you just love it when the rascal gets so frustrated that he admits he opposes peace?
Hopefully, Zelensky will stop caring what Biden thinks before he has to lower the draft age to 8.
I hope that Zelenskyy never let Biden’s or any other foreign leader prevent him from agreeing to terms if that is what he thinks the Ukrainian people would want.
Btw the conscription age in Ukraine is 18-60 the lower range being the same in e.g. Denmark. If you have any non Russian sources that document that the Ukrainian law requires people below the age of 18 to serve in the military please provide a link to it.
As far as I can remember, Ukrainian males between the age of 16 and 65 are forbidden to leave the country. If one looks at the kind of military training and ideological indoctrination young kids of 10 or younger undergo in the Ukrainian PLAST youth organization, it wouldn’t be surprising if some of these kids turned up on the battle field in one capacity or another.
Ukrainian males are forbidden to leave the country from the age of 16 if the the current year they turn 17 – that is a very far cry from the idea that they are conscripted. As for indoctrination – do you have any evidence of this – there is plenty of that going on in Russia – but that is hardly a surprise in countries at war.
Here’s the ultimate test for Zelensky: leader of his nation or Washington lackey?? … the world is watching and waiting.
Seeing as there is no documented desire for accepting the Chinese peace proposal nor for agreeing to peace right now with the Russians still occupying large parts of Ukraine – rejecting the peace proposal hardly proves this question one way or the other.
Zelensky’s own intel has it lost. Only Washington wants it continued. It’s a choice of continuing the hekatomb of his own people to please his handlers, or call a halt to the suffering of his own.
Sources for this claim would be appreciated – as the the sources available to most of us claim that Zelenskyy is not even prepared to give up on Bakhmut – a place most western analysts have written off and argued that the Ukrainians should abandon.
https://www.politico.eu/article/zelenskyy-digs-in-against-calls-to-quit-bakhmut-us-western-allies-eu-russia-frontlines-valeriy-zaluzhnyy-kyiv-soledar-kupol/
He goes for a peace deal that compromises the goals of his Azof et al companions, he’s as good as dead.
I suspect he’s far more afraid of them than he is of sleepy Joe.
But, if there is any manhood to the guy, that would be a kind of redemption. Otherwise his children will spit on his grave.
Well, Robert; I think we can all correctly guess that answer…
Admittedly, they’re long odds … but, the road to Damascus has its precedents, no?
No chance with the US / UK ready to scupper any peace talks they have already done it twice , US / UK policy to weaken Russia has been a total failure , but when has that stopped them war mongering ?.
“The World Should Not Be Fooled By Any Tactical Move” Blinken
Fooling others is America’s monopoly. No competition permitted
“Calling for a ceasefire that does not include the removal of Russian forces from Ukrainian territory would effectively be supporting the ratification of the Russian conquest … The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia supported by China, or any other country, to freeze the war on its own terms,” Blinken said.
But the world should be fooled by the tactical move by the US to use the destruction of Ukraine in order to weaken Russia. And that destruction was only prolonged because of the tactical move made by the US back in March of ’22. Plus, all those tactical moves of the previous 30 years provoking Russia. The war only got to this point because of tactics from the US and their lackeys. Tony’s history books start on February 24th, 2022, too.
Blinken is a mouthpiece for the Hegemon, nothing more, nothing less. We could just as well train a monkey to belch the same nonsense.
Wouldn’t it be the ultimate payback if ZelBoy accepted China’s terms? 😂
Wave enough money in front of the prostitute’s nose and he’ll perform whatever tricks are required.
Including the one with the piano, Bear!
As soon as I began reading the article I saw this “Blinken says the world should ‘not be fooled’ by China’s peace plan” and I thought to myself “Cannot fix stupid”. We have sociopath/psychopaths in DC.
“While the US has rejected China’s proposal, Zelensky expressed an openness to the plan and called for a meeting with Xi after it was put forward.”
Start ducking.
The US fears peace like the devil fears the cross. Without war, the US empire would collapse in no time at all. The US has been involved in foreign wars for more than 220 years since it was created.
This is a smart move by the Chinese. After brokering the rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia, they can show themselves as peacemakers while representing the Americans as warmongers.
There is another scenario waiting in the wings for Biden’s follies: should the American planned and executed counterattack using US trained troops succeed in causing a Russian pullback anywhere in the four regions, look for all out attacks on western Ukraine’s infrastructure.
As the four additions to the Russian federation are now on Russian territory, the western infrastructure in Ukraine will no longer be off limits.
The Russian government has already made this issue clear. DC never listens. DC never learns. The United States are the land of arrogance and assholery.
“Assholery”, I learned a new word today!
Blinken’s comments would make more sense if the US had any real hope that Ukraine could win. He’d be holding out for something better.
As it is, the US is pushing Ukraine into disaster, for the sake of forcing Russia to kill Ukraine more completely. The US is making everything worse for Ukraine. There is no realistic outcome that is not even worse next month than it is today.
The US can’t provide enough ammo, weapons, vehicles, really anything. Ukraine is going down.
Meanwhile, Russia is being pushed to fully mobilize. The end will be a disarmed NATO confronting a fully mobilized Russia with its arms industry humming at full speed. That can only lead to yet worse disasters, with Poland and the Baltics already volunteering to be next.
Things really could get much worse, in Europe and with China, and the War Party is pushing us into exactly that while our media ignores the risks and cheerleads our people into ranting and raving about what a great idea all this is.
This warmongering is spiraling down, like Yeats poem.
The Russian territorial gains are already solidified and if west continue to arm Ukraine and escalate the fights, more territory will be gained in order to make Ukraine a landlocked country…!