This was the first time the two leaders have spoken since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has had his first phone call since the start of the war with Xi Jinping, where the Chinese leader assured his Ukrainian counterpart that “China has always been on the side of peace” and called for “negotiation”.
“On the subject of the Ukrainian crisis, China has always been on the side of peace and its basic position is to promote a peace dialogue,” China’s CCTV state media reported.
“Dialogue and negotiation” are the “only way out” of the conflict with Russia, Xi said, according to CCTV.
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Source: https://www.euronews.com/2023/04/26/china-is-always-on-the-side-of-peace-xi-tells-zelenskyy-in-first-phone-call
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