China’s Xi calls on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue

Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on world powers to help Russia and Ukraine resume direct dialogue during a meeting with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Orbán made a surprise visit to China on Monday after similar trips last week to Russia and Ukraine to discuss prospects for a peaceful settlement of more than the two-year war. Hungary assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union this month and Orbán has since embarked on a peace mission, which, however, lacks the endorsement of other European leaders. China has been promoting its own six-point peace plan for Ukraine, which it issued with Brazil in May.