Li Hui, the highest-ranking Chinese diplomat to visit Ukraine since the Russian invasion, is on a European tour to promote Beijing’s peace plan
Ukraine’s foreign minister has met China’s special envoy to Kyiv and insisted that the war-torn country would not accept a peace plan that relied on giving up territory after Russia’s invasion.
He also underscored the importance of China’s mediating role, in particular with regards to nuclear safety and the resumption of grain exports through the Black Sea.The Wednesday meeting came as Turkey’s president announced a two-month extension of a UN-backed deal to allow Ukraine grain shipments via the Black Sea, which are crucial for ensuring supplies on global grain markets.
Russia has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the deal, which was meant to expire on 18 May, claiming that obstacles remain to its own food exports. “Almost 70 vessels are currently waiting in Turkish territorial waters, 90% of them are ready to deliver the products of our farmers to the world,” said Ukraine’s infrastructure minister Oleksandr Kubrakov.with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
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