KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he had held a long and meaningful phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and hoped it would give impetus to relations with Beijing.

I had a long and meaningful phone call with…President Xi Jinping, he wrote on Twitter.

I believe that this call, as well as the appointment of Ukraines ambassador to China, will give a powerful impetus to the development of our bilateral relations.

He did not immediately give any other details. REUTERS

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