KYIV, Jan 31 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is not planning a visit to China for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, his spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said. Earlier, the Kremlin did not rule out that Zelensky could meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing. The Winter Olympics starts on February 4. «As of today, there is no visit to China on the calendar of Vladimir Zelensky. In the coming days, the president is scheduled to meet in Kiev: with (Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz — ed.) Morawiecki, (Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris — ed.) Johnson, (Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mack — ed.) Rutte, (Turkish President Recep Tayyip — ed.) Erdogan,» the RBC-Ukraine agency quotes the press secretary of the head of state. According to him, contacts with the leadership of Poland, Great Britain, and the Netherlands and Turkey are needed to consolidate international support around Ukraine. «At the same time, we welcome that the Kremlin has finally begun to realize that there is no alternative to direct contacts and started talking about the possibility of a meeting of the presidents,» Nikiforov added.
