After the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow, the EU authorities are trying to push the PRC leader to negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Financial Times writes, citing a diplomatic source in the EU.
According to the publication, EU Foreign Minister Josep Borrell praised Xi Jinping’s trip to Moscow as positive, as it “reduced the risk of nuclear war.” At the same time, the United States suspects China of intending to supply Russia with weapons and is trying to convince its allies of this, the FT notes.
According to the source of the newspaper, although the meeting between Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin was not included in the agenda of the EU summit in Brussels, which ended a few days ago, it was “in the background of almost all topics discussed there.” “The EU pushed Xi to talk to the President of Ukraine,” the source added.
In early March, The Wall Street Journal wrote that the Chinese leader planned to speak with Zelensky after a visit to Russia. He left Moscow on March 22 in the field of a three-day visit, but so far the conversation has not taken place. On March 24, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said that the organization of the conversation was hindered by the position of the PRC on the conflict.
Source: Rosbalt
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