China urges to avoid politicizing humanitarian matters in Ukraine
New Delhi: China urges to observe the international humanitarian law in Ukraine and to avoid politicizing those matters, Chinese Permanent Representative to the UN Zhang Jun told the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
“We call on the parties to abide by international humanitarian law, protect the safety of civilians and civilian facilities, minimize civilian casualties, ensure safe and smooth humanitarian corridors for evacuees and humanitarian assistance, and guarantee the basic rights of women, children, and wounded and detained fighters,” he said.
“Humanitarian issues should not be politicized,” the Chinese envoy said.
The United States, NATO, and the European Union should engage in a comprehensive dialogue with Russia in order to resolve differences, Zhang Jun told.
“We call upon the United States, NATO, and the European Union to engage in comprehensive dialogues with Russia to face head-on their differences accumulated over the years, find solutions to the problem, and promote the building of a balanced, effective and sustainable regional security framework,” he said.
(Vinayak)
