Xi Repeats Call for Ukraine Cease-Fire in Talks With Orban
- Orban lauds China for displaying ‘firmness and stability’
- China has maintained close ties with Russia during war
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping repeated his call for a cease-fire in Ukraine during a surprise meeting with visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has upset Europe with a self-styled “peace mission.”
Xi said the priority now should be a “deescalation as quickly as possible,” according to a post on X by a spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing, echoing comments his nation has made since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.