BRUSSELS: Ahead of his state visit to Beijing next week, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday that the world should listen to China’s voice to find a way out of the war in Ukraine.
“China is a global actor, so obviously the world must listen to its voice to see if between all of us, we can put an end to the war and Ukraine can recover its territorial integrity,” Sanchez told a press conference in Brussels following a meeting of the European Council.
Sanchez is set to visit Beijing on March 31 for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Spain’s PM to visit China next week
The summit between the two leaders is expected to mainly focus on the ongoing Ukraine conflict, in which China has described itself as “impartial” and presented a 12-point peace plan while calling for a comprehensive truce.
The Spanish Prime Minister has publicly backed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s peace proposal. The peace proposal includes demands to restore the territory of Ukraine to the status quo before Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
