By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-26 12:15:31 | Updated at 2024-09-30 15:23:58
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The foreign ministers of China and Ukraine discussed the possibility of “highest-level” talks between their two countries, just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again dismissed Beijing’s peace proposal.
On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Thursday that he and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi discussed “the perspective of further contacts at the highest level”, indicating the potential for talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Zelensky.
While Xi has met Russian leader Vladimir Putin many times in the past two years, he has yet to speak to the Ukrainian president in person.
“[We] thanked China for supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. [We] focused on next steps to develop bilateral relations and trade [with China],” Sybiha said in a post on X.
According to the Chinese foreign ministry, Wang spelled out Beijing’s positions on the Ukraine war, saying it “advocates for a political solution through dialogue” and “is concerned about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine”.
