BEIJING
\nChina said Thursday its special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during talks in Kyiv earlier this week.
\nForeign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the meeting came amid discussions between envoy Li Hui and Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister and other government officials.
\n\u201cThere is no remedy to resolve the crisis,\u201d Wang told reporters at a daily briefing. \u201cAll parties should create favorable conditions and accumulate mutual trust for the political settlement.\u201d
\nThe visit followed an earlier phone call between Zelensky and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
\nOver two days, Li and Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed \u201cways to stop Russian aggression,\u201d the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
\nKuleba briefed Li, a former Chinese ambassador to Moscow, \u201cabout the principles of restoring a stable and just peace based on respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.\u201d
\nAccording to the statement, Kuleba repeated his government\u2019s position that Ukraine wouldn\u2019t accept any proposal involving the loss of its territories or the \u201cfreezing of the conflict.\u201d
\nXi\u2019s government says it\u2019s neutral and wants to serve as mediator in the 15-month-long conflict, but has supported Moscow politically and economically.
\nChina sees Moscow as a diplomatic and military partner in opposing United States domination of global affairs. Beijing has refused to criticize the invasion and used its status as one of five permanent United Nations Security Council members to deflect diplomatic attacks on Russia.
\nBeijing released a proposed peace plan in February, but Ukraine\u2019s allies largely dismissed it, insisting that Russian President Vladimir Putin must withdraw his forces. Zelensky\u2019s own 10-point peace plan also includes a tribunal to prosecute war crimes committed by Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING China said Thursday its special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during talks in Kyiv earlier this week. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the meeting came amid discussions between envoy Li Hui and Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister and other government officials. \u201cThere is no remedy to resolve the crisis,\u201d Wang told reporters at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-332038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n