Beijing May 11 with China on the Ukrainian issue, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said during a meeting with her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang in Paris.
“China plays an important role in ensuring peace and stability around the world. France is ready to strengthen cooperation with China on the Ukrainian issue and other important international and regional issues, to find more common ground,” Colonna said, quoted by the Chinese Foreign Ministry .
Qin Gang, in turn, stressed that China's starting point in resolving the Ukrainian crisis are the provisions put forward by President Xi Jinping.
«China is committed to promoting a political solution to the crisis, maintains cooperation with all parties and will continue to play a constructive role on this issue,» said the Chinese Foreign Minister.
Chinese President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with Vladimir Zelensky at the end of August. During the conversation, the head of the PRC said that China would send a special government representative for Eurasian affairs to Ukraine and other countries to exchange views in detail on the political settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. Earlier, Bloomberg, citing informed sources, wrote that the French president wants to approach China with a plan that, in his opinion, could lead to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. It was noted that Macron instructed his diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonn to work with the head of the office of the foreign affairs commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Wang Yi, to create a basis for negotiations.