Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi to discuss ways to end Russian aggression and China’s possible role in achieving a just peace.
Kuleba restated Ukraine’s consistent position, which consists of a readiness to conduct a negotiation process with the Russian side. However, this is only possible when Moscow will be ready to conduct negotiations in good faith. Still, such readiness is not observed from the Russian side, Kuleba emphasized.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry also indicated that Ukraine is ready for a dialogue with Moscow, but the negotiations should be reasonable, objective, and aimed at achieving lasting peace, and added: “Recently, Ukraine and the Russian Federation have been sending signals of their readiness for negotiations to varying degrees. Although the conditions and time are not yet ripe.”
Kuleba is convinced that a just peace in Ukraine corresponds with China’s strategic interests. He offered to discuss bilateral relations “through the prism of Ukraine’s future membership in the EU and China’s relations with Europe.”