China believes that a timely conference on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict should be held with both Moscow and Kiev represented, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
The ministers held talks in Beijing.
“We hope for an early ceasefire. China supports the timely convening of an international conference to which both Russia and Ukraine would agree, with equal participation of all sides and fair discussion of all peace plans,” Wang Yi said, as quoted by TASS.
The day before, Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Pierre-Alain Elchinger told RIA Novosti that the country was preparing to hold a peace conference on Ukraine, but the date and place of the event had not yet been determined.
According to Bloomberg agency, representatives of 80 to 100 countries may take part in the conference, and the venue will probably be the Swiss city of Lucerne. It is unclear whether China will participate in the meeting, the report stressed.
