Beijing rejected Kiev’s request for a meeting between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. Policy With reference to sources.
“Ukrainian leaders made no secret of their desire to meet with Chinese officials in Switzerland this week, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy went home without getting the meeting he wanted, and this was a blow to Kiev,” the text says.
Beijing rejected Kiev’s request for a meeting while the delegations were at a forum in Switzerland, according to a senior US official. Another Washington official said China had rejected any contact with Kiev representatives after Moscow called for “an end to diplomatic contacts with Ukraine.”
At the same time, an official from the European Union said that meeting with Premier Li Qiang “would be a positive step” and that the political association called on China to establish direct contact with Zelensky.
A representative from Ukraine denied this information in an interview with Politico, saying that “there was no meeting with Chinese officials in the delegation’s schedule and Kiev never requested such a meeting.”
Before that Vladimir Zelensky statedHe said Kiev is interested in China’s participation in resolving the conflict according to the so-called “peace formula”.
Previously China has expressed its readiness to work with Ukraine to improve relations.