(ANSA-AFP) - BEIJING, MAY 18 - China's special envoy Li Hui
told Ukraine "there is no panacea to resolve the crisis" as he
repeated calls for Kyiv and Moscow to engage in talks to end the
war, Beijing said on Thursday. China, a strategic ally of
Russia, has refrained from condemning Moscow's invasion, and has
instead sought to position itself as a neutral mediator that
could help end the conflict. Li visited Ukraine on Tuesday and
Wednesday, where he held talks with Foreign Minister Dmytro
Kuleba and other officials. Li is the highest-ranking Chinese
official to visit Ukraine since Russia's February 2022 invasion.
"There is no panacea to resolve the crisis, and all parties need
to start from themselves, build mutual trust and create
conditions to stop the war and talk," said Li, China's special
envoy for Eurasian affairs, according to a statement by
Beijing's foreign ministry. Li's visit to Kyiv was part of a
European tour to promote Beijing's proposals to end the
conflict. (ANSA-AFP).
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