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Top Chinese Envoy To Visit Ukraine, Russia On 'Peace' Mission


Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) awards an Order of Friendship to China's Ambassador to Russia Li Hui at the Kremlin in May 2019.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) awards an Order of Friendship to China's Ambassador to Russia Li Hui at the Kremlin in May 2019.

A top Chinese envoy will begin a tour of Ukraine, Russia, and other European cities on May 15 in a trip Beijing says is aimed at discussing a "political settlement" to the Ukraine crisis. Li Hui, China's special representative for Eurasian affairs and a former ambassador to Russia, will also visit Poland, France, and Germany on the trip, the Foreign Ministry announced, without providing a detailed schedule. He is the most senior Chinese official to visit Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022. To read the original story by Reuters, click here.

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