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Diplomatic efforts needed to ease Russia-Ukraine tension: spokesperson
Updated 20:32, 28-Oct-2022
CGTN

"All related parties should step up diplomatic efforts to promote easing tension in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and hopefully resolve it as soon as possible," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday at a press briefing.

Wang said the two ministers exchanged opinions regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in response to details of a phone conversation between Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Lavrov said Russia is willing to carry out dialogues with Ukraine and the U.S. to restore negotiation. Wang said China welcomes such an act.

The two foreign ministers also discussed issues on forbidding weapons of mass destruction, he said, adding that tension escalation should be avoided in the Russia-Ukraine conflict to prevent a humanitarian disaster.

(Cover: Tank cars at a railway station after a shelling attack in Shakhtyorsk, Donetsk, October 27, 2022. /CFP)

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