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[text/observer.com chen sijia] according to the italian news agency ansa on september 7, italian prime minister meroni held talks with ukrainian president zelensky on the same day to discuss issues such as the russian-ukrainian conflict and ukraine's post-war reconstruction, and promised to continue to "unwaveringly" support ukraine. meroni believes that china and india can play a role in resolving the russian-ukrainian conflict.

melloni also defended western military aid to ukraine, saying it helped ukraine create a "stalemate" on the battlefield and "helped promote peace talks."

according to reports, meroni held a bilateral meeting with zelensky at a forum held in cernobbio, italy on the 7th. in a statement, the italian prime minister's office said that meroni reiterated in the meeting that "supporting ukraine" is the top agenda during italy's presidency of the g7, and italy promised to continue to support ukraine against russia.

the two sides also discussed the reconstruction of ukraine, and the next ukrainian reconstruction conference is expected to be held in italy in 2025.

according to reuters, meroni also spoke at the forum that day, emphasizing that italy would never give up its support for ukraine. she said that this decision was aimed at maintaining ukraine's territorial integrity and was "not only morally correct, but also in the national interest."

meloni claimed that the military aid provided by western countries helped ukraine create a "stalemate" that was conducive to peace talks. "in an invasion, you don't need peace talks, you don't need a negotiating table. if there is anything that leads to the need for peace talks, it is the deadlock. we have contributed to the deadlock."

meloni also believes that china and india can play a role in resolving the russia-ukraine conflict. in her speech, she said: "if the rules of international law are abandoned, crises and chaos will multiply. i have also said this to the chinese side. the only thing that cannot be done is to abandon ukraine."

according to reports, zelensky also said at the forum that ukraine needs the full support of its western allies in order to gain a favorable position in future negotiations with russia. in response to meloni's statement, zelensky posted a message after the talks: "i thank giorgia meloni and the italian people for their joint efforts to restore justice and peace."

before meloni made this statement, russian president vladimir putin said at the eastern economic forum on the 5th that russia respects countries that truly want to resolve the russian-ukrainian conflict, and china, brazil and india have made sincere efforts to resolve the ukrainian crisis. he pointed out that if ukraine is willing to negotiate, russia will not refuse, but the negotiations must be based on the draft agreement reached by the two sides in istanbul, turkey in 2022.

indian prime minister narendra modi visited the ukrainian capital of kyiv on august 23, where he met with zelensky to discuss trade and military-technical cooperation and signed cooperation documents in the fields of medicine, agriculture, culture and humanitarianism. in a joint statement issued after the meeting, modi called on all parties to the conflict to jointly seek an acceptable solution and contribute to the early restoration of peace.

modi told zelensky that india is willing to help ukraine achieve peace. he stressed that india's "choice to stay away from the war does not mean that we are neutral, we are on the side of peace."

however, the hindu reported on august 27 that indian foreign ministry officials refused to comment explicitly on whether india played the role of mediator between russia and ukraine. on august 23, local time, when indian foreign minister subrahmanyam jaishankar was asked in kiev whether india had put forward a peace initiative, he simply said, "to take any action, other parties must naturally join in."

regarding the russia-ukraine conflict, chinese foreign ministry spokesman lin jian previously stated that china has always believed that an early ceasefire and a political solution are in the common interests of all parties. china has always advocated that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way to resolve the ukrainian crisis, and has always maintained an objective and fair position and is committed to promoting peace and dialogue. china will continue to stand on the side of peace and dialogue, support the international community in gathering more consensus, and jointly seek practical ways to resolve the crisis politically.

according to the website of the ministry of foreign affairs, li hui, the chinese government's special representative for eurasian affairs, visited brazil, south africa and indonesia from july 28 to carry out the fourth round of shuttle diplomacy on the ukrainian crisis. he further exchanged views with important members of the "global south" on the current situation and the progress of peace talks, and explored ways to promote the cooling of the situation and accumulate conditions for restarting peace talks.

on august 27, li hui held a briefing to brief ambassadors to china and representatives of chinese and foreign media on the fourth round of shuttle diplomacy on the ukrainian crisis.

li hui said that all parties are generally concerned about the risk of conflict escalation and spillover, and are concerned about the deep-seated reasons for the prolonged crisis. they highly appreciate that the china-pakistan "six-point consensus" provides a valuable path to promote the resolution of the crisis. all parties have put forward their own ideas on the peace process and look forward to strengthening exchanges with china to promote a fair and just resolution of the crisis.

li hui stressed that the situation has become more complicated recently, but the more difficult the times, the more we should not give up hope for peace. china will continue to insist on promoting peace and dialogue in its own way and contribute chinese wisdom and solutions to promoting a political solution to the crisis.

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