Zelenskiy Seeks Direct Talks With Xi Amid War With Russia
- Ukrainian leader told SCMP top level dialog would be ‘helpful’
- Xi has spoken to Russia’s Putin twice since invasion
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Chinese leader Xi Jinping to hold direct talks, noting Beijing hasn’t replied to such requests since Russia invaded his country some five months ago.
The last time the pair spoke was one year ago, Zelenskiy told the South China Morning Post in an interview published Thursday. Since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, he said the Ukrainian side had “asked officially for a conversation” with Xi but hadn’t received a response. Such a dialog, he added, “would be helpful.”