German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius reacted skeptically on Sunday to China’s proposal for a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, Reuters reports.

“When I hear reports — and I don’t know if they’re true — that China may be planning to supply Russia with kamikaze drones while presenting a peace plan, then I suggest we judge China by its actions, not its words.” – he said. said.. in an interview with the German public radio station Deutschlandfunk.

Biden rejects China’s plan

US President Joe Biden rejected China’s initiative to negotiate and conclude a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, which he made clear in an interview with the American TV channel ABC on Friday.

“If (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is applauding this, how can he be good?” Joe Biden said of the Chinese plan. “I’m not kidding. I’m just extremely honest,” he clarified.

“I did not see anything in this plan that would indicate that there is something that would be beneficial to anyone other than Russia if the Chinese plan is implemented,” the head of the White House justified his position.

“The idea that China will negotiate the outcome of a war that is completely unfair to Ukraine is simply irrational,” Biden also believes.

But he declined to say what the consequences would be if China decided to supply arms to Russia (which worries Kyiv and its Western allies), saying only that Beijing would face “severe sanctions” in that case, just like any other government or organization. , which supplies weapons. or ammunition to Russia.

A peace plan?

Germany, France and Britain, NATO’s biggest European members, believe a deal formalizing stronger ties between the alliance and Ukraine could be a way to push Kyiv to open peace talks with Russia even if Moscow continues its occupation of Ukrainian territory, officials said. persons from three governments, quoted by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

This plan will be included in the agenda of the July NATO summit in Vilnius, which Zelenskyi said he wants to attend in person.

However, any decision regarding the moment and conditions under which possible peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow will begin depends solely on Ukraine, emphasized the officials with whom WSJ journalists spoke.