Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on China Monday to play an “important role” in efforts to resolve Kyiv’s conflict with Moscow.
“We share Beijing’s position on the need to find a political solution to the war against Ukraine and call on China as a global power to play an important role in this effort,” Kuleba said on Twitter.
The call came after Kyiv last week urged Beijing to condemn President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
China, which shares Russia’s hostilities towards the United States, has stayed silent on Putin’s actions in Ukraine.
Last week, US President Joe Biden warned his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that there would be “consequences” if Beijing provided material support to Moscow.
China’s ambassador to the US said Sunday his country was not sending weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, but he did not definitively rule out the possibility Beijing might do so in the future.
Other Western countries have also urged China to condemn Putin’s Ukraine actions.
