Putin speaks with Xi and three other heads of state about Ukraine and US
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has held phone conversations with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the presidents of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and the self-proclaimed president of Belarus; topics included the US and Ukraine.
Source: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet, citing China Central Television; Kremlin on Telegram
Details: According to the Russian media outlet, Xi supposedly told Putin that Beijing welcomes continued communication between Russia and the United States.
Regarding Russia’s war against Ukraine, Xi reportedly stated that "there are no simple solutions to complex problems," but that China "will continue to promote peace and negotiations."
The Kremlin also reported on Telegram that Putin spoke with Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Kazakhstan’s President Qasym-Jomart Toqayev.
Putin briefed Mirziyoyev and Toqayev on his meeting with Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for the Middle East. The parties also discussed cooperation in trade and economic, energy and cultural-humanitarian areas.
RIA Novosti additionally reported that Putin had spoken by phone with self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko
Lukashenko is reported to have supported the Kremlin leader’s narratives, as usual, and proposed Minsk as a venue for talks between Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Putin.
Background:
- Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters earlier that a meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump is expected in the coming days – possibly next week.
- Trump said he believed there was a good chance that there will be a meeting with Putin in the near future.
- The Russian leader believes the United Arab Emirates would be a suitable venue for a US-Russia summit at the level of heads of state.
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