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Transcript/ScriptUS PUTIN XI (TV)
HEADLINE: Putin-Xi Meeting Won’t End Ukraine War, Says White House
TEASER: US will support Chinese-brokered talks only if Ukraine believes it would lead
to 'just peace'
PUBLISHED: 3/21/2023 at 9:57 pm
BYLINE: Patsy Widakuswara
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Washington
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SCRIPT EDITORS: Jepsen, Sharon Shahid, DJones,
VIDEO SOURCES: AP, AFP, Reuters
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EDITOR NOTES: Radio track attached.))
((INTRO))
[[As Xi Jinping wraps up his three-day visit to Moscow, the White House expressed
pessimism that the Chinese leader’s talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin will
pave the way to end the war in Ukraine. White House bureau chief Patsy Widakuswara
has this report.]]
((NARRATOR))
In Moscow, a red-carpet treatment and state dinner hosted by Russian President
Vladimir Putin for Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
((Xi Jinping, Chinese President)) ((Need English VO))
“As permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, China and Russia will continue to
work with the international community to firmly safeguard the basic norms of
international relations based on the purposes and principles of the U.N. Charter.”
((NARRATOR))
Xi called for a diplomatic solution in Ukraine that Putin says he supports.
((Vladimir Putin, Russian President)) ((Need English VO))
"We believe that many points of China's peace plan are in sync with Russian
approaches and could form a basis for a peaceful settlement, when the West and Kyiv
are ready for it. However, we aren't seeing any such readiness on their part yet."
((NARRATOR))
The White House rejected Putin’s claim.
((Radio track: National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, John
Kirby))
((John Kirby, National Security Council))
“We haven't seen anything they've said, they put forward, that gives us hope that this
war is going to end anytime soon.”
((NARRATOR))
Before the Putin-Xi meeting, the U.S. warned against a Chinese-brokered cease-fire,
saying it would ratify Russia’s gains in Ukraine.
The Putin-Xi meeting did not yield a proposal for cease-fire negotiations. John Kirby
said the U.S. would only support Beijing-brokered talks
if President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believed they would lead to a just peace. For the
Ukrainian leader, that means no concessions on territory annexed by Putin.
((Radio track: George Beebe, director of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute for
Responsible Statecraft, via Skype))
((George Beebe, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft)) ((Skype))
“I doubt that the Russians would agree to that condition. They've already rejected it as
something that they don't regard as any kind of starting point for negotiations.”
((NARRATOR))
Zelenskyy met Tuesday with Fumio Kishida. The Japanese prime minister was the
latest leader in the Western alliance to make a surprise visit to Kyiv.
((Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President)) ((Need English VO))
“Given Japan's strength, its leadership in Asia in defending peace and the rules-based
international order, and Japan's responsibility as the G-7 chair, our talks today can truly
yield a global result.”
((NARRATOR))
After his meeting with Putin, a call between Xi and Zelenskyy may also take place, but
that has not been confirmed.
Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, Washington.
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)
Washington D.C.
Embargo DateMarch 22, 2023 00:16 EDT
Byline
Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, Washington.
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - Africa, Voice of America - English
