Ukrainian President Had ‘Long and Meaningful’ Call with China’s Xi Jinping

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China’s President Xi Jinping at the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Bali, Indonesia, November 16, 2022.

KYIV, April 26 (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday he had held a “long and meaningful” phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and hoped it would give impetus to relations with Beijing.

I had a long and meaningful phone call with…President Xi Jinping, he wrote on Twitter. “I believe that this call, as well as the appointment of Ukraine’s ambassador to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.”

He did not immediately give any other details.