Ukraine’s Zelenskyy rules out China as security guarantor in any peace deal

In the event of a future peace agreement with Russia that would put an end to the conflict in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s president has ruled out the possibility of China acting as a security guarantee.

Following discussions this week between American and European leaders regarding the establishment of a future peacekeeping force in Ukraine should the war end, the president made the remarks.

Why are China’s guarantees excluded? First, Zelenskyy claimed China did not support our initial effort to end this conflict, according to a report released by The Kyiv Post on Thursday.

“Secondly, China aided Russia by opening the drone market,” Zelenskyy claimed.

Beijing has repeatedly urged for a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine war, but Zelenskyy and Western leaders have criticized its continued economic support for Russia.

The Ukrainian leader’s remarks suggest that China will not play a significant role in the Russia-Ukraine peace process, despite Beijing’s ambitions to mediate more international conflicts.

According to Zelenskyy, international security guarantees are required to prevent Russia from launching attacks on Ukraine following a peace agreement, and participants should only be drawn from nations that have supported Kyiv since the Russian invasion of 2022.

In the first direct accusation of its kind against the Ukrainian president, Zelenskyy made the accusation in April that China had supplied weapons to Russia and helped with arms production.

Mao Ning, a spokesman for the Chinese government, refuted the claims and called them “political manipulation.”

The US had previously accused Beijing of providing Russia’s military with essential components for the production of missiles, tanks, aircraft, and other weapons.

China has stated that it has previously only exchanged “dual-use components,” which are those that can be used for both military and civilian purposes.

Due to the close ties between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the leaders of the Russian and Chinese countries, questions about Beijing’s involvement in the conflict have persisted for years.

Putin and Xi met in Beijing just weeks before the Ukrainian invasion, and they both signed a “no limits partnership.”

In spite of severe international sanctions, China has since helped to keep Russia’s economy afloat.