The EU believes that the only viable peace plan for Ukraine is the plan put forward by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Brussels does not take the Chinese initiative seriously, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Friday, TASS reports.
Brussels’ top diplomat said, at the State of the Union 2023 conference in Florence, that the EU’s point of view is that diplomatic negotiations for achieving peace in Ukraine would not currently make any sense.
Borrell also criticized China for supporting Russia, but pointed out that, according to Brussels, China was not yet supplying Russia with weapons.
Borell emphasized that the EU had to continue its support for Ukraine's military efforts. "This is not the moment for diplomatic conversations about peace; it's the moment of supporting [Ukraine] militarily [in] the war," he said.
"So, I feel as a diplomat, but I feel also as a kind of defense minister with the European Union, because I spend quite an important part of my time talking about arms [and] ammunitions," the EU foreign policy chief confessed, "I never thought that I was going to spend so much time thinking about how many shots or artillery can I provide, can we Europeans provide to the Ukrainians."
