President Sergio Mattarella asked
China to use its influence to bring about the end of the war in
Ukraine during a meeting on Friday with China's top diplomat,
Wang Yi, sources said.
Wang, the Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs
Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, met Foreign Minister
and Deputy Premier Antonio Tajani on Thursday.
The minister told Rai radio on Friday that Wang had told hm that
Chinese President Xi Jinping would give a "speech of peace" on
the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine next week.
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