Chinese President Xi holds phone call with Ukraine’s counterpart

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he held a “long and meaningful” call with China’s Xi Jinping and welcomed Beijing’s appointment of a new ambassador to Ukraine.

The call is the first between the leaders since the war began.

“I believe that this call, as well as the appointment of Ukraine’s ambassador to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations,” Zelenskyy said in a tweet.

I had a long and meaningful phone call with 🇨🇳 President Xi Jinping. I believe that this call, as well as the appointment of Ukraine’s ambassador to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.

— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 26, 2023

According to Chinese state media, Xi highlighted that the complex evolution of the war in Ukraine has had a significant impact on the world and said Beijing stood on the side of peace.