Switzerland's invitation has been sent, Zelensky has not waited for China's reply, Blinken intends to act first, and the White House has announced that he will visit China in the near future to personally ask China for an explanation.
Recently, there was news from the Swiss side that they will hold a peace summit on Ukraine on June 15-16, and invitations have been sent to many countries, and now the Swiss government is in the final stage of determining the final participants. Although the final list has not yet been determined, 120 heads of state are expected to attend.
In addition, this time, Switzerland also sent a special invitation letter to the Chinese side, but so far China has not given any response. The Ukrainian side is also in contact with China on this matter, and Zelensky has publicly stated in the past two days that he is seeking China's support for this Swiss peace summit.
At the same time, he also highly affirmed China's role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and stressed that China can indeed accelerate the progress of restoring peace to Ukraine. Of course, China's delay in responding is also motivated. You must know that although the Swiss summit was not small, Russia was not invited.
Naturally, Russia's summit as a party is not of much significance, not to mention that China has always advocated the convening of an international peace conference in which all parties can participate on an equal footing and is recognized by both Russia and Ukraine. However, Switzerland did not even invite Russia this time, so it can naturally be regarded as a meeting recognized by both Russia and Ukraine.
Moreover, this summit was originally intended to negotiate on the "peace plan" proposed by Zelensky, which to put it bluntly was to focus only on Ukraine's demands and ignore Russia's interests. Supporting the summit would run counter to China's position of neutrality in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
That's why China hasn't given a reply. However, Western countries could not sit still when they saw this. In addition to Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who has just visited China, also called on China to play a more constructive role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict in front of China's top leaders.
Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Tajani also publicly stated in the past two days that if you want to achieve peace in Ukraine, you also need China's participation, because China maintains good relations with Russia. Not only that, but the United States intends to act first this time. It is reported that in the past two days, White House spokesman Miller has publicly stated that Blinken is about to visit China.
Moreover, during his visit to China, he will focus on raising with the Chinese side issues related to their "help" in building Russia's defense industrial base. Miller even hyped that the US side has seen in the past few months that some of the materials used by Russia to rebuild its industrial base and produce weapons are coming from China.
Although the specific time of Blinken's visit to China has not yet been announced, judging from the current signs of the White House's continuous release and the successive visits of US officials to China, Blinken's visit to China has been put on the agenda. In addition, the current contradictions between Iran and Israel are intensifying, and Blinken also wants to discuss relevant matters with China as soon as possible.
However, the recent frequent calls by Western countries about China are not because they really affirm China's diplomatic capabilities, but because they want to exaggerate the "China-Russia threat theory". For example, Blinken's desire to ask China for an explanation on Russia-related issues this time is enough to prove that Western countries are still trying to manipulate politics.
During this time, the United States is also intensively hyping up the topic of Sino-Russian cooperation, and it has also continued to spread the news that China has exported a large number of drone parts, machinery and equipment and other products to Russia, and these products will be used on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. This is not the first time such a claim has been made, but the United States has never been able to come up with any tangible evidence against China.
At present, the reason why the United States continues to increase the hype of the "China-Russia threat theory" is to cover up the fact that Western countries are not effective in aiding Ukraine, and Zelensky has also made it clear that there are not enough missiles for Ukraine to defend at present. Western countries, on the other hand, have been slow to come up with weapons, so they can only focus on the issue of Sino-Russian cooperation to help ease their own pressure.
This move may temporarily help Western countries "reduce pressure", but it will not help resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the two sides will eventually need to return to the negotiating table.