Kremlin welcomes Xi Jinping-Volodymyr Zelenskyy call on Ukraine, but says its aims remain the same

The Chinese and Ukrainian leaders on Wednesday spoke for the first time since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in February last year, fulfilling a longstanding goal of Kyiv which had publicly sought such talks for months.

Reuters

April 27, 2023 / 14:58 IST

Kremlin welcomes Xi Jinping-Volodymyr Zelenskyy call on Ukraine, but says its aims remain the same

The Kremlin said on Thursday it welcomed anything that could bring the end of the Ukraine conflict closer when asked what it thought of a phone call a day earlier between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy..

But the Kremlin said it still needed to achieve the aims of what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine.

The Chinese and Ukrainian leaders on Wednesday spoke for the first time since Russia sent its troops into Ukraine in February last year, fulfilling a longstanding goal of Kyiv which had publicly sought such talks for months.

Reuters

first published: Apr 27, 2023 02:58 pm

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