Ukraine seeks direct talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping to end war. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the South China Morning Post..

" I had one conversation with Xi Jinping, that was a year ago. Since the beginning of the large-scale aggression on February 24, we have officially asked for a conversation, but we have not had a single conversation with China, although I believe that this would be useful,” the President of Ukraine said..

Zelensky called on China to use its huge political and economic influence on Russia to end the fighting.

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By the way, the South China Morning Post notes that this is the first interview of the President of Ukraine to the Asian media since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russian troops into the territory of Ukraine.. Chinese journalists phoned Zelensky via Zoom, the conversation lasted 40 minutes.

Recall, Bloomberg believes that Beijing can put pressure on Putin, forcing him to agree to a compromise in the war against Ukraine, but will not do so.. The hope that President Joe Biden can persuade Chinese leader Xi Jinping to help stop the war in Ukraine will have to be put on hold.. China wants conflict to end quickly. But he won't use his influence to bring peace closer.

Read more about China's attitude to the Russian invasion in the article by Natalia Butyrskaya "