“Chinese Special Representative Li Hui to Visit Ukraine for Peace Talks Amidst Russia-Ukraine Crisis”

Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui will visit Ukraine next week to “promote peace talks.”

Source: CNN with reference to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China

Details: The trip of the special representative will begin on May 15 – he will visit Ukraine, Poland, France, Germany and Russia.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said during a press briefing that “the visit of Chinese representatives to relevant countries is another manifestation of China’s commitment to persuading and facilitating negotiations, fully demonstrating that China stands firmly on the side of peace.”

Background:

• On the afternoon of April 26, it became known that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 26. This is the first time leaders have spoken since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• China promised to send ex-Chinese Ambassador to Russia Li Hui as a special representative to Ukraine and other countries to communicate on the settlement of the “Ukrainian crisis” (war – ed.).