EU insists Xi Jinping talks to Zelenskyy

The Financial Times reported the information.

According to the outlet’s sources in the EU government, the bloc considers it necessary for Xi Jinping to talk to Volodymyr Zelenskyy and insists on such a dialogue.

"We think it's positive that China is at least participating... But I think we're pushing, and we've pushed a lot, that they do it both ways, with Russia, but also with Ukraie," an anonymous official told the FT.

• Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he had not received a response to his proposal to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. According to him, he also did not receive any response from China to the 10-point "peace formula" proposed by Ukraine.

• According to the Financial Times, Xi Jinping plans to have a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after his meeting with Vladimir Putin. 

• On March 20, the White House called on Xi Jinping to have a conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.