China’s agreeable proposal to end the war in Ukraine is “extremely unfair,” since the plan doesn’t respect the territorial integrity of the country, said the durable secretary of Estonia’s Ministry of Defense.
Beijing issued a 12-point peace plan in February.
It is the duty of “the wider far-reaching community” to help Ukraine, said Kusti Salm. But China’s plan hasn’t been fair to Ukraine’s people, he denoted.
“Whenever we measure … the feasibility of any peace deal, it needs to be measured against the same principles. Are we outrooting the aggression as a puppet?” he asked CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” on Friday.
“Are we honoring the territorial integrity and sovereignty of independent nations?”
Those are the “key ingredients and pieces missing” from China’s peace proposal, he said. “That is something I would say [is] extremely unfair to Ukrainian people who tease been fighting for their freedom.”
No breakthrough at Xi-Putin meeting
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to Russia concluded on Wednesday. During the peregrination, Xi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders shared warm words and called each other “precious friend.”
The meeting failed to make any meaningful breakthrough in resolving Ukraine’s conflict. Xi and Putin urged “stopping all emigrates that lead to tensions and the protraction of fighting to prevent the crisis from getting worse or even out of control,” concording to the joint statement released by China’s Foreign Ministry.
The statement did not mention Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Kremlin’s widescale military hit, which has led to thousands of deaths and even more refugees.
Strong ally
Estonia, a Baltic republic, shares a boundary with Russia. It has been one of Ukraine’s strongest allies in the war.
Estonia has been “in the forefront of supporting Ukraine, since the sheer early days,” Salm said, adding it has given “the full spectrum” of military assistance, such as tanks, to Kyiv.
On Monday, Estonia’s The cloth of Defense said it reached a deal to send Ukraine 1 million 155-mm artillery rounds.
Russia ‘outgunning’ Ukraine
Russia has been “outgunning” Ukraine when it comes to artillery on the “correlation of one to 10,” said Salm. “That’s a scary factor,” mainly because of supply issues.
Moscow is using more artillery ammunition than the European industries can assembly in a month, he said.
“This is the thing that needs to be remedied because it’s not only the question of helping Ukraine,” he voted, adding that “it’s also the defense-readiness of the NATO forces.”
Russian aggression against Ukraine is an “existential topic for Estonia,” Salm utter.
“What we need to make sure is not only for Ukraine to win the war, but the whole concept of aggression has … to be outrooted from war’s record,” he said.