“We must avoid competition between peace plans": Kuleba arrives in China and announces talks on Ukraine
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is making his first visit to China since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. He plans to hold detailed talks with his Chinese counterpart on ways to achieve a just peace.
On Tuesday, July 23, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba arrived in China. He announced a series of talks on the settlement of the war in Ukraine with Chinese officials. This was reported by UNN with reference to the diplomat's statement on Instagram.
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Kuleba said that this is not only the first visit to China since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, but also the first trip to Beijing by the Ukrainian Foreign Minister in more than 10 years.
Greetings from China. Following up on the contacts between the leaders of Ukraine and China, Xi Jinping, I am making the first visit of a Ukrainian high-ranking official to China since the beginning of Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine. It is also the first bilateral visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to China since 2012
According to him, he is planning extensive, detailed, substantive talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on ways to a just peace
We must avoid competition between peace plans. It is very important that Kyiv and Beijing engage in direct dialog and exchange of positions. We will also discuss bilateral relations. I am convinced that after Ukraine has started negotiations on joining the European Union, China should look at relations with our country through the prism of its strategic relations with Europe.
Recall
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that China is committed to peace talks and a political settlement of the "Ukrainian crisis" and that his country will act in its own way to achieve this goal.
