Podolyak announced that he had difficulties in organizing a meeting between Zelenskiy and Chinese leader Xi Jinping

MOSCOW, March 24 – RIA Novosti. A phone call between Volodymyr Zelensky and Chinese President Xi Jinping may not have taken place due to certain difficulties in their organization, Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of Zelensky’s office, said.

“This is quite difficult. There is a question that China has not yet found a new political place for. So does it want to take over the issue of a solution between Russia and Ukraine, or is it still carefully sidelined? As far as I understand, China still hasn’t been able to resolve it myself,” Strana said. He quotes Podolyak’s words during the telethon.

At the same time, the adviser to the head of the office said that the meeting between Zelensky and Xi Jinping is still in the plans, the Ukrainian side is the initiator.

From March 20-22, Xi Jinping was in Russia for a state visit, his first overseas trip since being re-elected to the post of president for the third time. He held an informal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, and Russian-Chinese talks were held on Tuesday with the participation of delegations.

In February, Chinese officials proposed peace plans to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. The ceasefire calls contain 12 clauses, including respect for the legitimate interests of all countries in the field of security and resolution of the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. According to Vladimir Putin, many items of the Chinese peace plan can be used as a basis for a solution when the West and Kiev are ready for it.