Ukrainian and Chinese foreign ministers discuss "prospects for high-level contacts"

Andrii Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, and Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, have held a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during which they discussed "the prospects for further high-level contacts".

Source: Yermak on Telegram

Quote: "Together with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, we met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. I thanked China for its support of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. 

We discussed the prospects for further high-level contacts."

Background:

• At the end of August, Yermak stated that he was confident President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. 
• During a UN Security Council meeting, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reiterated that China is maintaining the position that to end the war in Ukraine (which it refers to as a "crisis"), an immediate ceasefire is necessary, along with the initiation of negotiations and the avoidance of sanctions and economic pressure.

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