CHINA-EU/UKRAINE: XI JINPING DESCRIBES SITUATION IN UKRAINE AS WORRYING
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In a virtual meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf
Scholz on March 8 , Chinese President Xi Jinping was quoted by CCTV as calling for
"maximum restraint" in Ukraine and said China is "pained to see the flames of war reignited in
Europe". Xi said the three countries should jointly support peace talks between Russia and
Ukraine. CCTV said Xi described the situation in Ukraine as "worrying" and said the priority
should be preventing it from escalating or "spinning out of control". He also said France and
Germany should make efforts to reduce negative impacts of the crisis, and expressed concern about the impact of sanctions on the stability of global finance, energy supplies, transportation,
and supply chains.
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