Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that the West and Kyiv are not yet “ready” for a peace settlement following a nearly three-hour-long meeting Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has been slammed for attempting to play peacemaker in the war in Ukraine. 

Xi called the talks “open and friendly” and claimed China has maintained a “neutral position” on Ukraine. Meanwhile, Putin accused the West of fighting “to the last Ukrainian.” 

“We believe that many of the provisions of the peace plan put forward by China are consonant with the Russian approaches and can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement when they are ready for that in the West and in Kyiv. However, so far we see no such readiness from their side,” Putin said after the meeting. 

Russia welcomed China’s 12-point plan, which calls for a cease-fire, settling the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, and a prisoner exchange — but fails to mention key details like Ukraine’s independence and Russia’s occupation of its territory.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters Tuesday the two leaders had discussed the peace plan during their one-on-one meeting Monday, but would not say if any progress had been made.

“I won’t make any assessments. Let’s wait for the statements [by the leaders] for the news media,” Peskov said following the meeting.

The summary of the discussions also made no mention of whether Xi had offered to act as a mediator between the clashing nations.

Kyiv and its Western allies have been skeptical of China’s intentions in resolving the war as the proposed plan makes no mention of Ukraine’s demand that all Russian troops retreat from its territory.

Officials in Taiwan have also expressed distrust of China’s attempts to act as a peacemaker in Ukraine while also threatening war against the self-ruled island.

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu called out the Communist power on the double standard.

“The #PRC threatens war against #Taiwan & others, but wants to propose a peace plan to #Russia, who initiated the war against #Ukraine,” Wu wrote on the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry’s Twitter account.

“We ain’t no idiots. Want peace? Both autocrats should immediately stop their threats, aggression & expansionism.”

On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping also invited his “dear friend” Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit China this year to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. — as the Communist power gets slammed for attempting to present itself as a peacemaker in the war in Ukraine.

He previously attended Xi’s signature infrastructure initiative in 2017 and 2019.

Xi also invited Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishaustin to visit and meet the Communist country’s new Prime Minister Li Qiang, Russian news agency TASS reported.

Xi’s visit comes after the International Criminal Court on Friday issued a warrant for Putin’s arrest for alleged war crimes.

The Kremlin ignored the authority of the ICC, saying the move was “legally null and void.”

China’s Foreign Ministry on Monday called on the ICC to “respect the jurisdictional immunity” of a head of state and “avoid politicization and double standards.”