The leader of China assured the President of Ukraine that they would not supply weapons to Russia
China will stand aside.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that several very important issues were raised during a telephone conversation with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. He noted that official Beijing assured that it would not supply weapons to the Russian Federation.
“I am grateful for the answer to my question that we expect that China will not be a supplier of weapons to the Russian Federation and will not support Russia, which is waging war against Ukraine, with weapons and other technologies,” Zelensky said during a meeting with Italian media representatives.
According to him, in response, Xi Jinping said that weapons would not be supplied to Russia.
“The leader of China assured me that they would stand aside from this process and would not support Russia with weapons,” the President of Ukraine said.
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