China said Thursday its special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during talks in Kyiv earlier this week.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said the meeting came amid discussions between envoy Li Hui and Ukraine’s foreign minister and other government officials.
“There is no remedy to resolve the crisis,” Wang told reporters at a daily briefing. “All parties should create favorable conditions and accumulate mutual trust for the political settlement.”
The visit followed an earlier phone call between Zelenskyy and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Over two days, Li and Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba discussed “ways to stop Russian aggression,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has said Li also will visit Poland, France and Germany, but didn’t give details of his schedule.
Political analysts see little hope for a peace agreement because neither Ukraine nor Russia is ready to stop fighting.
African countries are also undertaking a peace initiative over the war in Ukraine.
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