Beijing urges Moscow to drop Ukraine war plans20 Feb 2022 12:00
Vladimir Putin humiliated by China after Beijing urges Moscow to drop Ukraine war plans,
Beijing's Foreign Minister said that Ukraine had the right to safeguard its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russian President has amassed close to 200,000 troops on Ukraine's northern, eastern and southern flanks, according to US officials. Defence analysts working for the Atlantic Council organisation warned that the Kremlin had completed preparations for a large-scale offensive operation.
They said that Russian forces could "likely execute a further invasion of Ukraine with less than twelve hours of unambiguous warning."
With an invasion looking increasingly imminent, China's top diplomat used his appearance at the Munich security conference on Saturday to warn Mr Putin against following through on his expansionist ambitions.
Wang Yi affirmed Ukraine's right to safeguard its territorial integrity and urged a diplomatic solution to the escalating crisis.
He called the Minsk Agreement the "only way out" and urged all parties to come together and solve the crisis peacefully.
Mr Yi also said that Ukraine should not be a frontline for competition among major powers.
The Minsk Agreement refers to a diplomatic accord signed in February 2015 in the Belarus capital by representatives of Russia, Ukraine, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the leaders of two pro-Russian separatist regions.
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