The Ukrainian president hopes that this will help stop the war.
Ukraine is looking for opportunities to talk directly with by Chinese President Xi Jinpingto end the war. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi in an interview with the South China Morning Post.
“I would like to speak directly. I had one conversation with Xi Jinping, it was a year ago. Since the beginning of the large-scale aggression on February 24, we have officially asked for a conversation, but we have not had a single conversation with China, although I think it would be useful,” the Ukrainian president noted.
Zelensky called on China to use its enormous political and economic influence on Russia to end hostilities.
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By the way, the South China Morning Post notes that this is the first interview of the President of Ukraine with the Asian media since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine. Chinese journalists called Zelenskyy via Zoom, the conversation lasted 40 minutes.
Recall that Bloomberg believes that Beijing can put pressure on Putin, forcing him to agree to a compromise in the war against Ukraine, but won't do it. Hopes that President Joe Biden will be able to persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help stop the war in Ukraine will have to be postponed. China wants the conflict to end quickly. But he will not use his influence to bring peace closer.
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