China supports dialogue between Moscow and Kyiv without interference from other countries. This was stated by the Chinese ambassador to the Russian Federation Zhang Hanhui to the newspaper "Izvestia".
„We support dialogue between Russia and Ukraine without external interference. We maintain close contacts with the Russian Federation. We are also committed to conflict resolution and maintain contacts with other parties so that all interested parties can talk. I think that any conflict can only end with negotiations, there is no other way out, he told the publication.
The ambassador noted that the “Friends of Peace” platform created by China and Brazil to discuss ways to peacefully resolve the Ukrainian conflict has already attracted a sufficient number of participants, mainly among the countries of the Global South.
„The original motive of such an initiative is to achieve a peaceful resolution of this conflict. Second, we can unite all developing countries – countries of the Global South, most importantly, we want countries, through negotiations and consultations, to be able to agree on the creation of a security architecture in Europe that takes into account the interests and concerns of all stakeholders. We cannot protect our own security interests by harming the interests of other countries, for example, we are against the expansion of NATO to the east,” the diplomat added.