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kazakhstan president on the ukrainian crisis: china and brazil's peace initiatives should be supported

2024-09-17

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this article is reproduced from [china news network];

astana, sept. 16 (xinhua) -- kazakh president tokayev said during a meeting with visiting german chancellor scholz in astana on september 16 local time that there is still a chance for peace between russia and ukraine, and the peace initiatives proposed by china and brazil deserve support.

according to the website of the kazakh presidential palace, tokayev held large and small-scale talks with scholz on the same day to discuss kazakhstan-germany relations, mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and international and regional issues of common concern. during the talks, at the request of scholz, tokayev expressed his views on the current situation in ukraine.

tokayev said that if the ukrainian crisis escalates further, it will bring irreparable consequences to all mankind, especially all countries directly involved in the crisis.

he believes that there is still a chance for peace between russia and ukraine, and it is necessary to seriously consider the peace initiatives proposed by various countries and make a decision to stop hostilities before discussing territorial issues. "the peace initiatives proposed by china and brazil deserve support," tokayev said.

on may 23 this year, china and brazil jointly issued a "six-point consensus" on the political solution to the ukrainian crisis, believing that "dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way out of the ukrainian crisis." the consensus emphasizes the need to abide by the "three principles" of cooling down the situation, namely, the battlefield does not spill over, the war does not escalate, and all parties do not add fuel to the fire; it calls on all parties to persist in dialogue and negotiation, increase humanitarian assistance, oppose the use of nuclear weapons, oppose attacks on nuclear power plants, and maintain the stability of the global industrial chain and supply chain. (end)