Zelensky has promoted his vision for peace in Ukraine, which he calls his “peace formula.”
Kyiv:
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that China would not sell weapons to Russia during a telephone conversation between the two men, Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
Zelenskiy was speaking at a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden at the G7 summit in Italy. He did not specify when the conversation with Xi took place.
“I had a firm conversation with (the) leader of the China. He said he will not sell any weapons to Russia. We’ll see if he’s a respectable person, he won’t be, because he gave me his word,” Zelenskiy said in English.
Biden chimed in when Zelenskiy finished speaking, saying: “By the way, China it is not providing weapons, but rather the ability to produce those weapons and the technology available to do so, so it is in fact helping Russia.”
Zelenskiy said that if Kiev and China If they had the same views on peace, there could be dialogue between them and if Beijing had an alternative vision, it could prepare an alternative “peace formula”.
The Ukrainian leader promoted his vision for peace in Ukraine, which he calls the “peace formula.”
Switzerland is scheduled to receive international delegations from dozens of countries and organizations at a summit this weekend to try to bring peace in Ukraine.
The last publicly known phone call between Zelenskiy and Xi was in April 2023, the only one since the full-scale invasion of Russia.
(Reporting by Max Hunder, Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth; Editing by Chizu
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