Ukraine-Russian Crisis
War: Zelensky Invites China’s President Xi Jinping For ‘Dialogue’
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Ukraine’s Zelensky has invited China’s President Xi for ‘dialogue’.
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Zelenskyy’s wife, Olena Zelenska, says a letter to President Vladimir Putin’s ally was handed to the Chinese delegation in Davos.
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China and Russia announced a “no limits” partnership in February last year, shortly before Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has written a letter inviting Chinese leader Xi Jinping for talks as Russia’s invasion nears its one-year anniversary.
The letter was handed over in Davos, Switzerland, to the Chinese delegation at the World Economic Forum, his wife Olena Zelenska said on Wednesday.
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Zelensky has repeatedly sought to make contact with Xi since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year in the hope that Beijing will use its influence over Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
“It was a gesture and invitation to dialogue and I hope very much that there will be a response to this invitation,” Zelenska told reporters.
China and Russia announced a “no limits” partnership in February last year, shortly before Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine
Beijing has sought to position itself as neutral in the war, while at the same time deepening ties with Moscow, particularly in the energy sector.
But some analysts have suggested China could ultimately step in as a mediator to negotiate an end to the fighting in Ukraine.
Foreign minister Wang Yi called last September “on all parties concerned to keep the crisis from spilling over”, underlining concern about the economic impact of the conflict that has affected countries worldwide.
Zelensky told the South China Morning Post newspaper in August that he “asked officially for a conversation” with Xi, adding dialogue would be “helpful”.
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Foreign ministers from both countries met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.
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