Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with Emmanuel Bonn, foreign policy adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron. by agency BloombergThe parties agreed to “create conditions for the start of the political settlement process” of the situation in Ukraine.
While the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the phone call, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not publish a message about the meeting on its website.
Previously, Macron had instructed Bonn to work with Wang Yi to create a structure that could be used as a basis for future negotiations. The agency says it is unclear whether the French President’s proposal received the support of Ukraine and its allies.
France’s attempts to work with China to find a peaceful solution to Ukraine have been criticized after Lou Shaye, the Chinese ambassador to France, rejected the sovereignty of some former Soviet republics.
In April, a number of European countries criticized French President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal for the PRC to resort to mediation due to the solution plan in Ukraine.
China in February introduced The 12-point peace plan The document includes calls for an early resumption of dialogue between the Russian and Ukrainian sides, as well as ceasefires and conflicts that prevented the escalation of the crisis in Ukraine.