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At the moment, there is no peace agreement on Ukraine, the work on its preparation is underway. But, if the position of Russia, not the West, prevails in this process, China will draw its conclusions from such developments and realize its ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said this today in Bosnia and Herzegovina, during a meeting with students at the University of Sarajevo, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
“Obviously, that has to be a good deal. Because there is one guy who will, at the end, judge the outcome of all of this. And that is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping. And if he feels that it was Russia coming out on top, and not the West, he will start thinking – hey, that’s an interesting development, what does this mean for my ambitions? And we know his ambitions in the Indo-Pacific. And we know that the U.S. is very worried about it. So we need a good deal – for the Ukrainians and also for the world peace,” said Mark Rutte.
He called President Trump’s efforts to “break the deadlock in Ukraine” a “good” effort.
“President Trump is right – there is no peace deal yet. There is still a working progress. There will be a meeting tomorrow between the Ukrainians and the United States. There has already been a meeting between the United States and the Russians. Here in Europe, people are thinking of what a security guarantee mission could look like, if it is necessary to preserve a ceasefire or a peace deal,” the NATO chief said.
He noted that there are already certain models for providing security guarantees for Ukraine, in particular those worked out in France and the UK.
“Hopefully, we will get there soon,” added Mark Rutte.
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