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good evening from kyiv. i m ali velshi. a global superpower says it is calling for peace. early friday morning, beijing time, the chinese government released a 12 point plan which is calling, quote, china s which it s colin, quote, china s position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis. while lacking in specifics, the document goes out of its way to urge russia not to use nuclear weapons in this war. quote, nuclear weapons must not be used and nuclear wars must not be fought. the threat or use of nuclear weapons should be a post, and quote. the document also takes a swipe at nato, with a section titled, quote, abandoning the cold war mentality. and it to cries u.s. anxious russia, quote unilateral sanctions and maximum pressure cannot solve the issue. they only create new problems. in a wide-ranging press conference today, ukrainian president zelenskyy seemed to signal and openness to a good faith peace plan from china and he says he hopes to meet wit ....
Chinese premier xi jinping. but the rain mains to be seen how sincere exactly beijing is about ensuring a peaceful resolution to this conflict. u.s. officials say their intelligence indicates that china is considering providing weapons to russia, which would only prolong the, we re not bring it to an end. as the wall street journal reports, quote, u.s. officials familiar with intelligence reports say that if beijing office to provide weapons, it would also include artillery in addition to drones and possibly other weapons to help russian forces stave off an expected ukrainian counteroffensive this summer. and just yesterday, china abstain from the u.n. security council vote condemning russia s invasion of ukraine. the resolution passed overwhelmingly anyway, with 141 countries voting in favor of it. 31 other countries abstained, along with china, while seven, including russia, north korea and syria voted against it. today, the u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken, issued ....