Chinese peacekeepers in Ukraine? Russia reacts to reports
The deployment of European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine is already being discussed. What about Chinese troops? The Russian presidential spokesman has his say.
The Russian president's spokesman has commented on reports that Russia is considering sending Chinese peacekeepers "alongside" Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire. Earlier, the Economist reported on a proposal by officials in Donald Trump's US administration to send more than just European peacekeepers in the event of an agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
When asked by a journalist whether such talks were taking place in Russia, Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov simply replied "no". Earlier, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun had also said : "We do not comment on questions related to hypothetical situations," referring to the possibility of sending a Chinese peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.
According to the Economist report, American officials are proposing to involve non-European countries such as Brazil or China, whose peacekeepers "would sit as a buffer along an eventual ceasefire line." According to the weekly, Trump's vice president, JD Vance, has told European governments that an all-European peacekeeping force would be less effective in deterring Russia from resuming the war.
During his visit to the White House earlier this week, French President Emmanuel Macron had promised European peacekeeping troops for Ukraine. France and Great Britain had offered to send such troops. However, during his meeting with Trump, Macron demanded that European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine must be militarily protected by the USA. Trump remained vague on this point. However, he said that Putin would "accept" the stationing of European peacekeeping troops in Ukraine. He had "explicitly" asked the Kremlin chief about it and the latter had "no problem with it". Kremlin spokesman Peskov then referred to Moscow's rejection, thereby indirectly denying Trump's statement . (with AFP)
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