Ukraine's president has invited his Chinese opposite number for a call and to visit Kyiv.
's president has given China the benefit of the doubt, choosing to see the positives in Beijing's competing peace proposal and solacing himself with the fact that Chinese arms haven't yet poured onto the battlefield from the other side to backstop the war of attrition.Wall Street Journal
Apart from the occasional meeting of foreign ministers, communication between the capitals largely happens at embassy and consulate level, according to those in the know. In spite of Beijing's deepening alignment with Moscow, Kyiv's own hedge on the topic has put Xi on the spot; nothing's president has said or done so far has dissuaded Zelensky from actively seeking dialogue with Putin's most important quasi-ally.
Two-way trade between the countries fell 60 percent in 2022, while Beijing's economic turnover with Moscow grew nearly 35 percent year-on-year as China underwrote the Kremlin's losses by buying cheaper oil and gas., Zelensky is now showing Ukraine's public, including the millions stranded abroad, that he's willing to exhaust every avenue, however unlikely, to peace. Ultimately, Kyiv says, its 10-point"peace formula" is the way.
for him to go out of his way to be nice to Xi. There's also no purpose to be served simply by needlessly antagonizing China," Greene toldHe said:"The message has been: 'We are happy to have conversations with you, and if you are able to bring Russia to its senses, then wonderful. But at the end of the day, Ukraine cannot afford to compromise on questions of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Merezhko, the lawmaker who represents Zelensky's Servant of the People party, added:"Zelensky would raise the issue that China could stop the Russian aggression if it really wanted to, and would perhaps ask Xi to use his influence over Putin to make him stop the aggression and to withdraw Russian troops from the territory of Ukraine."Mao Ning, a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry, said Beijing was in touch"with all relevant parties, including Ukraine.
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