MOSCOW. May 26 (Interfax) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and Li Hui, the Chinese government's special representative for Eurasia and head of the Chinese delegation on Ukraine crisis settlement, discussed the Ukraine situation in Moscow on Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"The meeting's participants had a typically trusting and substantive exchange of opinions on the situation in Ukraine and around the world more generally, in the context of the attempts being made by the West to use the former Soviet republic to achieve their anti-Russian geopolitical goals," says a report published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.
"The Russian side positively assessed Chinese policies, [which are] in line with the document [titled] China's Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukrainian Crisis presented in February 2023. [The sides] emphasized their mutual commitment to the provisions of the UN Charter, the norms of international law, [and] the principle of indivisible security," the ministry said.
"Concerns were expressed about the dangerous consequences of NATO countries' growing involvement in the Ukraine conflict, [and] their actions [aimed at] militarizing Ukraine by flooding it with modern weapons and training Ukrainian troops. [The sides] noted with regret that there has been no reaction from Western countries and international organizations to the Kiev regime's violations of international humanitarian law and its obligations with respect to human rights and freedoms," the report said.
"The sides exchanged opinions on the role and significance of the Chinese Global Security Initiative. Its comprehensive character was noted, as was [the fact that] it includes an approach to solving crisis situations based on analysis of their original causes," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Li Hui also met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko during the consultations in Moscow.
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