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Chinese President Xi talks with Ukraine's Zelensky by phone
Chinese President Xi Jinping appealed for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warning that “there is no winner in a nuclear war,” Chinese state media said, in a long-anticipated conversation after Beijing said it wanted to act as peace mediator.
Xi's government will send a “special representative” to Ukraine for talks about a possible “political settlement,” said a government statement reported by Chinese state TV.
China has tried to appear neutral in the war but refused to criticize Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement before the February 2020 invasion saying their governments had a “no-limits friendship.”
Xi's government released a peace proposal in February and called for a cease-fire and talks.
“Negotiation is the only viable way out,” state TV said in a report on Xi's comments to Zelensky.
“There is no winner in a nuclear war,” the report said. “All parties concerned should remain calm and restrained in dealing with the nuclear issue and truly look at the future and destiny of themselves and humanity as a whole and work together to manage the crisis.”
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-with-ukraine-s-zelensky-by-phone/ar-AA1amZ8W
Chinese President Xi Jinping appealed for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warning that “there is no winner in a nuclear war,” Chinese state media said, in a long-anticipated conversation after Beijing said it wanted to act as peace mediator.
Xi's government will send a “special representative” to Ukraine for talks about a possible “political settlement,” said a government statement reported by Chinese state TV.
China has tried to appear neutral in the war but refused to criticize Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement before the February 2020 invasion saying their governments had a “no-limits friendship.”
Xi's government released a peace proposal in February and called for a cease-fire and talks.
“Negotiation is the only viable way out,” state TV said in a report on Xi's comments to Zelensky.
“There is no winner in a nuclear war,” the report said. “All parties concerned should remain calm and restrained in dealing with the nuclear issue and truly look at the future and destiny of themselves and humanity as a whole and work together to manage the crisis.”
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-with-ukraine-s-zelensky-by-phone/ar-AA1amZ8W
