China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, stated on the 18th that there is no military solution to the Ukrainian crisis. Dialogue and negotiation are the fundamental way to restore peace. Under the current situation, all parties should promote a political solution with the greatest sincerity and sense of urgency, create an atmosphere for the parties to return to negotiations, and create conditions for a ceasefire and cessation of war. Geng Shuang stated during the Security Council's consideration of the issue of providing weapons to Ukraine that continuously dropping weapons on the battlefield will lead to an escalation and spread of the war, causing more civilian casualties, causing more displacement, making the environment for peace negotiations even worse, and the hope of a ceasefire and cessation of war even more remote. Continuously dropping weapons on the battlefield will pose a huge risk of proliferation. Once these weapons and ammunition fall into the hands of terrorists or armed groups, they are likely to cause new unrest and claim more innocent lives on a larger geographical scale. Continuously dropping weapons on the battlefield will pose serious challenges to post-war reconstruction. The bitter lessons of Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and other places have repeatedly warned the international community that weapons and explosives left over from war pose a security risk to post-war reconstruction, adding additional burdens. Geng Shuang emphasized that China has always stood on the side of peace and dialogue on the Ukrainian issue, and has always actively promoted peace and dialogue. China is neither the creator nor a party to the Ukrainian crisis, nor has it provided weapons to any party to the crisis. The Chinese government recently dispatched Li Hui, the Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs, to visit Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany, and Russia to communicate with all parties on a political solution to the crisis. China also welcomes the planned visits of the heads of state of the six African countries to Russia and Ukraine to promote a ceasefire and end the war. China calls on the international community to form the largest common divisor for resolving the Ukrainian crisis, pool the greatest joint efforts to promote peace and negotiations, and jointly play a constructive role in promoting an early political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. (New News Agency)