Russia's war against Ukraine: Xi tells Scholz he supports international peace conference with participation of all sides

This was reported by Xinhua.

It is stated that the meeting between Scholz and Xi Jinping took place in Beijing.

Shortly before that, Scholz said on social network X that his meeting with the Chinese leader would focus, in particular, on how they could "make a greater contribution to establishing a just peace in Ukraine."

"It is good that since my last visit to China, there has been an intensive dialog between our governments. We have many topics," Scholz added.

Later it became known that the Chinese leader commented on the war in Ukraine during a meeting with Scholz. Reuters reported this.

Xi Jinping called on "all parties to work together to restore peace as soon as possible and prevent the war from getting out of control." In addition, he noted that China supports efforts for a peaceful settlement, in particular, an international peace conference "with equal participation of all parties."

• On April 14, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China to strengthen trade ties with its main partner and resolve differences over its support for Russia. Scholz will be on tour for three days.