Chinese President Xi Jinping is glad to see the US and Russia talking, he told Vladimir Putin in a phone conversation on Friday.
Xi set out China’s position on Ukraine to the Russian leader, describing it as a set of complex issues with no simple solutions, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. The report comes shortly after China defended its imports of Russian oil as justified and legitimate, resisting threats of secondary tariffs by the US for any country that trades with Russia.
US President Donald Trump said he would be willing to meet with Putin, even if the ...