Chinese Special Representative Li Hui met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a two-day visit to Ukraine, CNN reports..

On Thursday morning, the Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed that Li met with Zelensky and other senior Ukrainian officials..

" Ending the war will require all parties to build confidence and create conditions for a ceasefire and peace talks,"

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that China is ready to act as a peaceful mediator to resolve the Ukrainian crisis on the basis of the previously expressed position. The Ministry called on Kyiv and Moscow to "

Ukraine did not confirm the meeting of Volodymyr Zelenskyy with the special representative of the Chinese government.

Li Hui also met with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and discussed "

Kuleba spoke about the restoration of peace "

Previously, Li Hui served as Beijing's ambassador to Russia for ten years, from 2009 to 2019..

In addition, in 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the diplomat with the Order of Friendship " ), fruitful activity for the rapprochement and mutual enrichment of the cultures of nations and nationalities"

Before Hui's trip to Europe, Chinese experts noted that the special representative should collect the views of the parties in Kyiv and European capitals and try to convey to the Kremlin. Hui after Ukraine should visit Poland, France, Germany and Russia.