(20 May 2025)
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Beijing, China – 20 May 2025
1. Wide of news conference
2. Mid of reporters
3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Mao Ning, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson:
“We noted the reports. China supports all efforts conducive to peace, supports direct dialogue and negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and supports a political resolution to the crisis. We hope all parties can reach a fair, lasting, and binding peace agreement that is acceptable to all parties through dialogue and negotiation.”
4. Various of news conference
STORYLINE:
China’s foreign ministry on Tuesday reaffirmed its support for “direct dialogue and negotiations” between Russia and Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s phone calls with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine deepened expectations that progress might soon be made on ending those countries’ more than three-year war, though frustration at the slow pace of negotiations and the absence of any significant breakthrough kept hopes low.
Without touching on the calls directly, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a briefing in Beijing: “We hope all parties can reach a fair, lasting, and binding peace agreement that is acceptable to all parties through dialogue and negotiation.”
Ukraine has offered a comprehensive 30-day ceasefire, which Moscow has effectively rejected by imposing far-reaching conditions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin but the Russian leader spurned that offer.
Trump said his personal intervention was needed to push peace efforts forward, and on Monday he held separate talks over the phone with Zelenskyy and Putin.
Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations, Trump announced, though there was no detail on when or where such talks might take place.
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