Ukraine|China’s opposition to peace talks without Russia’s participation

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” In a report, Politico noted that Chinese officials plan to convince their Western counterparts to give Russia the opportunity to directly participate in talks on a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, and if not, Beijing is ready to hold meetings. sanction Ati in this field.

According to the news sources of this publication, the special representative of the Chinese government for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, during his trip to European countries last week , tried to inform European partners about Beijing’s positions in this regard. Meanwhile, Western countries are planning to organize a peace conference on the Ukraine conflict in Switzerland, which will probably be held in early summer.

In addition, In May, Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit France after not visiting the European Union for four years. His visit is related to Beijing’s efforts to improve relations with Europe, which have cooled in the background of China’s cooperation with Moscow in the context of Russia’s military attack on Ukraine.

In addition, , it became clear that Wang Shiting, the Chinese ambassador to Switzerland, does not reject Beijing’s participation in the Ukrainian meeting in Bern. Russia also stressed that it is very strange and useless to talk about plans for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine without the participation of Russia, which is being lobbied by the Kyiv authorities.

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Borrell: Koleba has requested urgent help from the European Union and the United States

Joseph Burrell, The main official of the European Union in foreign affairs and security policy announced that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitriy Koleba, has asked the European Union and the United States for urgent assistance to Kiev.

On Monday, he said in a press conference after the meeting of foreign ministers of EU member states in Brussels: “After the conversation with Dimitri Koleba, it became clear that we need urgent action for Ukraine.” It became clear that both sides (the European Union and the United States) should speed up this decision.

Borrell noted that the 5 billion euros allocated by the European Union to Ukraine It could be used to pay for the supply of ammunition as part of an initiative by the Czech Republic and other member states to buy ammunition from outside the EU. He emphasized that this budget is intended only to support Kiev and not the European military industry. Russia for Ukraine

Joseph Borrell also announced that the heads of the EU’s foreign relations agencies at their meeting in Brussels will reject the decision regarding the use of frozen Russian assets. supported by this union in line with the interests of Ukraine.

Bloomberg quoted the head of European diplomacy as saying: I cannot say that there was complete unanimity, but there was a strong consensus to adopt There is such a decision.

According to the information of this agency, the European Union has developed a bill that will allow the transfer of income from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine in early July. . Thus, it is proposed that part of this income be transferred twice a year to the European Peace Fund, from which military aid to Ukraine is paid. The other part of the profit remains with central securities depositories to cover the costs of managing assets and dealing with risks, including potential Russian retaliation.

Union Europe will soon transfer profits from Russian assets to Kiev

The “Financial Times” newspaper reported yesterday that in the summer of 2024, the Union Europe may transfer up to 3 billion euros of profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukrainian authorities. European officials told this publication: “The European Commission is preparing a plan to confiscate sanctions-related profits from the Euroclear central securities depository from February.”

It is mentioned that the first installment may be sent to Kiev in early July of this year.

The European Union believes that Ukraine will be able to use Russia’s frozen reserves from July. to receive through dividends, the amount of which will reach 4.4 billion euros at the end of 2023. However, not all EU members are ready to support this initiative: for example, France and Germany, as well as representatives of the European Central Bank, have expressed concern about the possible weakening of the role of the euro as an international currency.

The Council of the European Union agreed to allocate 5 billion euros in military aid to Kiev

Council The European Union agreed to allocate additional military aid to Kyiv in the amount of 5 billion euros. “Today, the Council of the European Union decided to increase the financial ceiling of the European Peace Fund by 5 billion euros and allocate this aid to Ukraine,” the statement said.

On the same day, Peter Cijarto, Minister of The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary said that the Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union has taken the final decision to expand the peace fund in order to pay the cost of sending weapons to Ukraine.