Foreign minister Qin Gang said China was willing to work with five countries in Central Asia – where Moscow enjoys substantial influence – to push for a consensus in solving the Ukraine crisis.
His remarks came one day after a long-awaited phone call between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, which was welcomed in Washington and parts of Europe as an attempt to step up diplomatic efforts that could help resolve the Ukraine war.
Qin said the foreign ministers of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan – all former Soviet states – spoke highly of the constructive conversation between the two leaders and believed it would be helpful for achieving a ceasefire and peace talks soon, according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Source: scmp
