2023-04-26 20:11:00
“It is very important that China talks to Ukraine. I want to remind you that we all want peace (…) But everyone must understand that it should not be just any” peace, said the Spanish official, traveling to Bogota.
“It is not the peace of one who is forced to surrender in the face of a brutal invasion, it must be a just peace, which recognizes the rights of the Ukrainian people”, “sovereignty” and “the integrity of the borders” of Ukraine, underlined the Spaniard. Xi Jinping assured Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday that China had “always been on the side of peace” and called for “negotiation”.
This is the first known exchange between the two men since the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. “I welcome this conversation, I hope it is a first step for China to play a role in convincing Russia to stop its aggression,” Borrell said.
Earlier, an EU official, speaking on condition of anonymity, welcomed the call, welcoming that “communication channels are open”. European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer, for his part, recalled that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and French President Emmanuel Macron “had forwarded President Zelensky’s request” for such an appeal “during their meeting with President Xi in Beijing”.
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