UNITED NATIONS, February 24. /TASS/. Russia ready for talks on the peaceful implementation of the goal of its special military operation in Ukraine, no other options are acceptable, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said on Friday.
"We have repeatedly said that we are ready for talks on how the goal of our special military operation could be achieved by peaceful means. Naturally, schemes based on other scenarios will not be even looked at," he said.
"We have already said it more than once this week that its is the collective West that is not interested in stopping combat operations in Ukraine. As we already know for sure, the West did not let Kiev strike a peace deal in March-April 2022," he noted. "Everything satisfies our Western colleagues now. The Russians and Ukrainians are killing each other, Western defense concerns earn lavish profits and have a testing ground for tests of new weapons. NATO is getting rid of old weapons and is gradually rearming."
Moreover, the United States is weakening its European rivals "who are demonstrating unprecedented servility and impotence," he pointed out.
China’s plan of settlement
Moscow welcomes China’s plan of settlement, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations added. "We hail sincere efforts on a way to peace, such as, for example, China’s proposal,"Nebenzya said.
"The collective West must recognize the fact that there are other players on our planet who have their own interests and it is necessary to co-exist with them and even cooperate with them in mutual interests but on an equal basis," Nebenzya stressed. "The unipolar world is in the past and it is in our common interest to see to it that the transition to a multipolar world proceeds without shocks. I would like to believe that the ‘hot phase’ of this transition will be confined to the Ukrainian crisis."
However, in his words, the West continues to aggravate the situation by flooding Ukraine with weapons. "And as long as you are leaving us no options other that to eliminate the threats to Russia coming from the Ukrainian territory by military means," he said. "Think about it when you are inventing new anti-Russian initiatives within the United Nations and presenting them as global support for Ukraine."
Ukraine’s ‘peace summit’
Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations also claimed that Ukraine’s ‘peace summit’ proves to be media hype and fuss.
"Today, a difficult week for the United Nations is coming to a close. This week will be remembered for media hype and fuss organized by Ukraine and its Western sponsors on the anniversary of the beginning of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine. It looks like that this is what the ‘peace summit’ [Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry] Kuleba announced in New York back in January has been reduced to," he said.