Zelensky says China trying to undermine Ukraine peace summit

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00:00 A surprise guest at the security forum in Singapore bringing together defence chiefs

00:05 from across the Asia-Pacific.

00:07 Volodymyr Zelensky sought to rally support for an upcoming peace conference in Switzerland

00:12 and accused China of trying to sabotage attendance.

00:16 "The war will last longer if Russia is supported by China.

00:24 This is bad for the whole world.

00:29 To disrupt the peace summit, to take steps to reduce attendance, doing everything to

00:35 prevent the presence of certain leaders at the peace summit by putting pressure on them.

00:41 This definitely does not bring us closer to peace."

00:46 Through the summit, Kiev hopes to win broad international backing it needs to end Russia's

00:51 war.

00:52 Zelensky says more than a hundred countries and organisations had signed up to the conference,

00:56 set to be held in Lussian on the 15th and 16th of June.

01:00 Beijing says it would be difficult for it to join if Russia is not invited, citing the

01:05 need for equal participation of both parties.

01:08 "There's a gap between the meetings, arrangements and what China stands for.

01:12 We'll continue to promote peace talks in our own way, maintain communications with

01:16 all parties and jointly discuss conditions for settling the Ukraine crisis."

01:21 While China has repeated its neutral stance and denies it supplies Russia with weapons,

01:26 Washington says Beijing has been providing key components used to build up Russia's

01:31 war arsenal, with some 70 percent of the machine tools and 90 percent of the microelectronics

01:36 Russia imports coming from China.

01:38 (laughs)

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