World powers should focus on restoring peace and stability in Ukraine rather than seeking “selfish gains,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said during a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday.
The chancellor arrived in China on Sunday, accompanied by a large delegation of ministers and business executives.
Meeting with Scholz at Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Xi told the German leader that all parties should work together to restore peace in Ukraine as soon as possible. The Chinese leader also outlined four principles that he believes will prevent the conflict from escalating.
First, we should prioritize the upholding of peace and stability and refrain from seeking selfish gains,” Xi said, as quoted by the Xinhua news agency.
The next step, according to Xi, would be to stop “adding fuel to the fire,” which would enable conditions for the restoration of peace.
The Chinese leader also called for a reduction of the impact of the conflict on the global economy, and for parties to “refrain from undermining the stability of global industrial and supply chains.”
Scholz, whose three-day trip to China is the second since he took office in 2021, told Xi that he is willing to discuss “how we can contribute more to a just peace in Ukraine.” The ongoing crisis has affected Germany’s “core interests” and has disrupted energy supplies and global trade, the chancellor added.
According to Scholz, the hostilities have also had a negativ…
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Is it possible for a country to remain completely neutral in international conflicts, and what might motivate them to claim neutrality?
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i thibk it's possible for us to remain in a neutral state. we don't have to be in conflict with anyone, just be neutral.
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it is possible Sweden did it in ww2, a country would do that to stay out of the war
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This question goes a while back to when the U.S. didn't want anything to do with anyone, it's interesting to see if the country still holds up to what they said
@9LL7D86Independent2mos2MO
I believe our nation should be neutral with everyone and stop trying to be the world's peacekeeper.
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Should the global economy and supply chain stability influence how countries address foreign wars and conflicts?
@9LL86MT2mos2MO
We should be focusing on fixing the problems in our country rather than sending money to other countries.
@9LL7XVG2mos2MO
i dont even know which one to choose to be honest.
@9LL5J9D2mos2MO
My opinion is that the U.S should stop helping to fund foreign wars when they should use taxpayer money and focus on other financial issues such as student loan debt, healthcare, etc.
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I'm not sure nor do i care but i supoose its interesting
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Can peace proposals that come from countries with strong ties to one side of a conflict be trusted to be fair and unbiased?
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News channels are bias and don't show the true perspective
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People can lie, although I'm sure the US government is well-aware of that. A country who previously had strong ties with one side of a conflict most likely should not be trusted with peace proposals, unless there is an economic reason behind it.
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I think that there's so much trust that would have to go into this.
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The UN and their attempts at peace have either been laughable, or veto'd by a country with close ties to one side of current conflicts. It is despicable, and there needs to be more accountability on the world stage.
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