President Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a telephone conversation with the leader of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping. It was a "long meaningful" conversation.
Zelenskyi reported this in Twitter. According to the president, the conversation was long and meaningful.
"I believe that he, as well as the appointment of the ambassador of Ukraine to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations," the president emphasized.
The conversation between the leaders of the two countries was also reported in Beijing. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China emphasizes that the initiator was the Ukrainian side. According to the representative of the President of Ukraine Serhiy Nikiforov, the conversation lasted almost an hour.
Beijing emphasizes that it did not create the "crisis in Ukraine" and is not a "participant in the crisis." The department emphasizes that "it is important to create favorable conditions for the political settlement of the "crisis".
"China will not sit idly by, add fuel to the fire, and even more so will not use the situation for its own benefit," Xi Jinping said in the conversation.
China will send its special representative for Eurasian affairs to Ukraine and other countries to communicate with all parties on issues of conflict resolution.
Also, Chinese Foreign Ministry representative Hua Chunying, commenting on the conversation, emphasized that China is consistent and clear in its readiness to develop Sino-Ukrainian relations and strategic partnership. He added that both sides need to continue the tradition of mutual respect and sincerity.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed the ambassador of Ukraine to China former Minister of Strategic Industries Pavlo Ryabikin. Appropriate decree published on the website of the head of state.
The decree was signed on April 26, the day of Zelenskyi's first telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping since the beginning of the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine.
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