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Russia can see no prerequisites for peace in Ukraine, so it continues to attain its goals by conducting the special military operation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.
"The special military operation is ongoing. There are no prerequisites for transition to peace in this situation. Therefore, Russia has been achieving its tasks and goals by continuing the special op," he said, commenting on whether Beijing’s peace proposals could amend the situation.
Also, Peskov said that China as a large and powerful country "cannot but have its say on problems standing high on the global agenda." "We are very attentive to the proposals our colleagues in Beijing come up with," the Kremlin spokesman assured.
When asked how important could the issue be at the coming talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Peskov said that the two countries maintained communication at various levels and that the two leaders "have been enjoying quite a busy and trusting dialogue."
Kremlin has nothing to say about date of Xi’s visit to Russia — spokesman
The Kremlin so far has nothing to say about the date on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s planned visit to Russia, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
"So far, we have nothing to say on this matter. All visits to Russia by foreign guests are announced in due time," he told TASS when asked to comment on reports in social networks that Russian President Vladimir Putin is allegedly scheduled to meet with his visiting Chinese counterpart on March 21.
During the online talks with Xi in later December, Putin invited his Chinese counterpart to pay a state visit to Moscow in the spring of 2023. In February, the Russian leader received visiting Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and member of the CCP Politburo Wang Yi. During that meeting, Putin said he hoped that Xi Jinping’s visit would give an additional impetus to the development of bilateral relations between Moscow and Beijing.
The last offline meeting between the two leaders took plane in September 2022 on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand.
Kremlin: Ukrainian crisis orchestrated by 'Washington’s hand' seeking to continue conflict
Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov disagreed with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang’s opinion that the crisis in Ukraine was orchestrated by "an invisible hand." According to the spokesman, it is the hand of the United States, which does not want the military conflict in Ukraine to end.
"Here, perhaps, we can disagree with our Chinese friends," Peskov told reporters at a briefing, commenting on the statement of the Chinese Foreign Minister. At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman made it clear right away that the disagreement was a joke.
"You know what the joke is? This is not an invisible hand, in fact, this hand is quite visible. This is the hand of the United States, the hand of Washington. Washington does not want this war to end, Washington wants and will do everything to continue this war. That is why this hand is visible," Peskov said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at the annual press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress session that efforts to promote negotiations between Russia and Ukraine had failed. According to him, "an invisible hand is pushing the conflict towards further prolongation and escalation and is trying to use the crisis in Ukraine for its geopolitical purposes."
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