Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the UN Security Council that China could pressure Russia to end the war in his country.

“China is also represented here, a powerful nation on which Russia now depends completely,” Zelensky told the council, of which China is a permanent member.

“If China truly wanted this war to stop, it could compel Moscow to end the invasion. Without China, Putin’s Russia is nothing. Yet too often China stays silent and distant instead of being active for peace.”

On his part, China’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN Geng Shuang said, “Since the first day of the crisis, China has been upholding an objective, impartial position calling for a cessation of hostilities and advocating for peace talks towards a political settlement.” (AFP)