(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that now is not the time for China to arm Russia. He said this in an interview with bbc news ukrainian , Ukrinform reports.
Kuleba said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was ready for a phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He also added: 'I don't think that now is the time for China [...] when it is ready to arm Russia.'
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The Wall Street Journal also wrote that the Chinese president planned to talk to his Ukrainian counterpart by phone or via video call after his visit to Russia.
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