China remains unbiased on war in Ukraine, Wang Yi assures Lavrov after Jeddah summit 

CNN reports. 

It is noted that in a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, Wang Yi said that China and Russia are "trustworthy and reliable good friends and partners."

“On the Ukraine crisis, China will uphold an independent and impartial position, sound an objective and rational voice, actively promote peace talks, and strive to seek a political solution on any international multilateral occasion,” reads the statement made public by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. 

In turn, Lavrov said he "appreciates and welcomes the constructive role played by China" in the political settlement of the "Ukrainian crisis."

About the meeting on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia

This weekend, on August 5-6, over 40 countries from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, held talks on ways to end the war in Ukraine. The meeting was held at the level of national security advisors. As previously reported in the press, Saudi Arabia was chosen as the venue for the meeting in order to encourage the world's leading countries, which have so far remained neutral, to support the Ukrainian principles for ending the war.

This is the second meeting at the level of national security advisers and political directors on key principles of peace based on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Peace Formula. As Ihor Zhovkva, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, reported on the eve of the discussions in Jeddah, the number of participants increased from 15 to almost 40 after the success of a similar format consultation in Copenhagen on June 24. Additional countries from the Global South were also involved.

It was reported later, on August 7, that the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the international talks in Saudi Arabia to find a peaceful solution to the "crisis in Ukraine" had helped "strengthen the international consensus."