Beijing has called for direct talks between Russia and Ukraine in a telephone conversation earlier in the day with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his US counterpart Anthony Blinken.
“We encourage direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“We hope that the fighting will stop as soon as possible (…) and that a major humanitarian crisis will be prevented,” Wang said, acknowledging that negotiations would be difficult.
This was the first telephone conversation between the two ministers since February 24.
Blinken told Wang that people “are watching to see which countries stand up for the fundamental principles of freedom, self-determination and national sovereignty,” said State Department spokesman Ned Price.
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