China ‘backs further Ukraine peace talks’ after Saudi Arabia summit
Posted: 8th August 2023
Senior officials from about 40 countries met in Jeddah in attempt to draft key principles on ending war
Lisa O’Carroll in Brussels
Sun 6 Aug 2023 11.51 BSTChina is said to be in support of a third round of talks to find a framework for peace in Ukraine after a meeting of senior officials from about 40 countries in Saudi Arabia over the weekend.
The two-day summit in Jeddah was the second of its kind, after a similar forum in Copenhagen earlier this summer, and aims to draft key principles on how to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he hoped the initiative would lead to a “peace summit” of world leaders this autumn to endorse the principles, based on his own 10-point formula for a settlement.
The talks, which excluded Russia, were attended by the US, India, the EU and China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui.