Chinese President Xi Jinping called today for de-escalation of the Ukraine war, and immediately ending the Israeli-driven war against Palestine and Lebanon, in his speech to the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, reported the Spanish news agency EFE today.
In his remarks to the summit, President Xi Jinping stated: “As the world enters a new period defined by turbulence and transformation, we are confronted with pivotal choices that will shape our future. Should we allow the world to descend into the abyss of disorder and chaos, or should we strive to steer it back on the path of peace and development? … The more tumultuous our times become, the more we must stand firm at the forefront, exhibiting tenacity, demonstrating the audacity to pioneer and displaying the wisdom to adapt. We must work together to build BRICS into a primary channel for strengthening solidarity and cooperation among Global South nations and a vanguard for advancing global governance reform.
“We should build a BRICS committed to peace, and we must all act as defenders of common security. We humans are an indivisible community of security. Only by embracing the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security can we pave the way for universal security. The Ukraine crisis still persists. China and Brazil, in collaboration with other countries from the Global South, initiated a group of Friends for Peace to address the crisis. The aim is to gather more voices advocating peace. We must uphold the three key principles: no expansion of the battlefields, no escalation of hostilities, and no fanning flames, and strive for swift deescalation of the situation. While the humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, the flames of war have once again been rekindled in Lebanon, and conflicts are escalating among the parties. We must promote an immediate ceasefire and an end to the killing. We must make unremitting efforts toward a comprehensive, just and lasting resolution of the Palestinian question.” (Emphasis in original.)
Referring to the joint China-Brazil six-point peace proposal in May, Xi said that China is building a group that would “gather more voices advocating peace.” In May, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Celso Amorim, the special adviser on international affairs to Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced that the two countries proposed convening “at a proper time,” an international peace conference, with “all parties as well as fair discussion of all peace plans.”
