China and countries of the Global South seek to create a “Friends of Peace” platform aimed at what they refer to as a political settlement of the war in Ukraine, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Celso Amorim, chief special adviser to the President of Brazil, on the sidelines of the UN. Wang Yi said that China, Pakistan, and other Global South nations are planning to establish the Friends of Peace platform concerning the “crisis” in Ukraine (as China refers to the war Russia is waging against Ukraine). The Chinese minister explained tha…