Newsman: The Biden administration warned against China “pushing a one-sided peace deal” between Russia and Ukraine. The “so-called peace plan” China has proposed, Kirby said, would formalize Putin’s gains and allow Russia to continue to occupy parts of Ukraine.
On Friday, the White House spokesman John Kirby said, Chinese President Xi Jinping should reach out directly to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy now that Xi is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“It would be a classic part of the China playbook to go into a meeting like this, come out of it saying `Look, we’re the ones calling for an end to the fighting and nobody else is,’” Kirby said. “The reason why the rest of the world is not calling for that right now is because it would effectively ratify Russia’s geographic gains inside Ukraine and it would put Mr. Zelenskyy at a distinct disadvantage.”
