China’s Li Reaffirms Support for Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire Talks
- Premier avoids criticizing war, or calling it an ‘invasion’
- Calls for more cease-fire talks, defends Russia’s concerns
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Premier Li Keqiang reiterated China’s support for cease-fire talks between Russia and Ukraine, while continuing to avoid criticizing the invasion ordered last month by President Vladimir Putin.
“On Ukraine, indeed the current situation there is grave and China is deeply concerned and aggrieved,” Li said in response to a question at his annual news briefing at the end of National People’s Congress meetings in Beijing. “We sincerely hope that the situation will ease and peace will return at an early date.”