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Macron to visit China, calls on Beijing to pressure Putin on Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron attends an online meeting with G7 leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, one year after Russia invaded Ukraine, at the Elysee palace in Paris, on February 24, 2023. © Christophe Petit Tesson, AP

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday said he would visit China in early April and called on Beijing to "help us pressure Russia" to end the war in Ukraine.

Speaking a day after China called for urgent peace talks as it released its plan to end the war in Ukraine, Macron said peace was only possible if "the Russian aggression was halted, troops withdrawn and territorial sovereignty of Ukraine and its people was respected".

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