In phone call with Zelenskiy, Xi appears to pledge China will stay neutral in war, according to Chinese state media
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, will send a delegation to Ukraine to hold talks with all parties on resolving the conflict there, after his first phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart,According to Chinese state media, Xi made the offer during a telephone call on Wednesday with Zelenskiy and offered to help facilitate peace talks aimed at achieving a ceasefire as soon as possible.
Providing further details of the contact, a report on Chinese state TV said Xi had told the Ukrainian leader: “Negotiation is the only viable way out,” adding: “There is no winner in a nuclear war.” According to a Chinese official, Beijing plans to send a delegation to Ukraine and other countries with the aim of starting peace negotiations.
Many at the time pointed to the fact Xi had met Putin but not even called Zelenskiy as evidence that China was not the impartial observer it claimed to be.
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