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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

China’s Xi vows to send envoy to Ukraine in first phone call with Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia invaded

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has vowed to send an envoy to Ukraine to discuss a potential “political settlement” to its war with Russia.

His pledge on Wednesday came during his first telephone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia’s invaded Ukraine last year - and followed months of pressure from Kyiv for such talks.

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