Chinese special envoy Li Hui to meet with Lavrov, senior Russian diplomat in Moscow

Russian Politics & Diplomacy May 25, 2023, 13:40

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced earlier that the Chinese envoy would visit Russia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and France for consultations on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis

MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs Li Hui will hold consultations on the Ukrainian crisis with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin in Moscow on May 26, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement.

"A meeting is scheduled on May 26 between Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, who will visit Moscow for consultations on the Ukrainian crisis," the ministry said, "Li Hui will be received by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the same day."

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced earlier that the Chinese envoy would visit Russia, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, and France for consultations on the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis.

On May 16-17, Li visited Kiev and held separate meetings with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, head of his office Andrey Yermak, and Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. He said back then that there was no universal method that could be used to settle the Ukrainian crisis and promised that China would try to help resolve the problem.

On the anniversary of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, the Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a 12-point document with its proposals on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. The document calls for a ceasefire, for observing the security interests of all the parties, for settling the humanitarian crisis, for the exchange of prisoners between Moscow and Kiev, and for abandoning unilateral sanctions without relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council.

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