More weapons on battlefield will only protract Ukraine crisis

31/5/2025 7:34

With direct negotiations now under way between Russia and Ukraine, there has been an increasing number of weapons on the battlefield with greater lethality and destructive power. This will only escalate confrontation and prolong the fighting, said Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations.



"It is not conducive to achieving a cease-fire and ending the war, and runs counter to the common expectations of the international community," he told the Security Council. "We urge all parties to actively forge an atmosphere conducive to peace talks by creating conditions and providing support. We also call on the parties to the conflict to work collectively toward de-escalation and a political solution, rather than persisting with military confrontations and attacks."



He rejected the U.S. representative's smearing of China on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.