Ukrainian President Zelenskyy plans to meet with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

President Zelenskyy made the announcement during a press conference dedicated to the one-year anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

"First of all, I plan to meet with Xi Jinping, which will benefit our countries and global security. We have a large trade turnover with China, the issue is not only the war, the poin is that we are countries that are interested in maintaining economic relations... China respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine, and therefore, it must do everything to make sure that Russia leaves our territory. Because this is what respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity is about," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

• On February 21, it was announced that Xi Jinping plans to visit Moscow in the coming months. 

• On February 24, China published a document with a position on a "political settlement" of Russia's war against Ukraine. In an official statement, China did not support Ukraine, but called for an end to "unilateral sanctions." The document calls the war a "crisis."

• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Chinese Foreign Ministry's statement on the war was not a "peace plan" but the country's opinion.