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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Eduardo Baptista

In Beijing, Spanish PM urges Xi to speak with Ukraine's Zelenskiy

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez shake hands in Beijing, China, March 31, 2023. Moncloa Palace/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa/Handout via REUTERS

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez encouraged Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to talk to the Ukrainian leadership and learn first-hand about Kyiv's peace formula to help bring an end to Russia's invasion.

Sanchez told a news conference in Beijing he had informed Xi, who visited Moscow on March 20-21, that Spain supported the proposals made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. These include a demand to restore Ukraine's territory to the status quo before Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea.

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