High hopes for five-nation peace shuttling

From Monday, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs Li Hui is paying visits to Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany and Russia for communication aimed at promoting a political settlement to the Ukraine crisis.

Since the start of the crisis, China has adopted a principled position calling for joint efforts to promote an end to the conflict. As the crisis has dragged on and escalated, and the spillover effects have worsened, a growing number of countries have acknowledged the road map to peace that China proposed in its position paper.

The 12 points set out in the paper take into account the legitimate concerns of all parties and look beyond a cessation of the current hostilities to the broader issues of reducing strategic risks and mitigating the spillover effects that have been caused by the conflict. As a feasible foundation on which to build a consensus, it has received extensive understanding and recognition from the international community.