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Dutch PM urges Xi Jinping to call Zelenskyyy

October 4, 2025

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the European Union (EU) was counting on a quick phone conversation between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy .

“We really hope Xi Jinping will call Volodymyr Zelenskyy as soon as possible. It is important because China has come up with an initiative for a peace plan (for Ukraine),” Rutte said ahead of the EU summit in Brussels, the event was streamed on the official website of the European Commission.

“Peaceful China” or “enemy of Russia”: how Western media interpret Xi Jinping’s visit to Moscow. Read in the material of the correspondent of “Paragraph” Arina Tkachuk.

Recall that the President of the People’s Republic of China arrived in Russia on the afternoon of March 20. At the same time, he had an informal meeting with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, March 21, official talks took place between the Kremlin heads of state. They lasted over 6 hours.

Putin said China’s proposed peace plan could form the basis for settling the conflict in Ukraine. However, according to the President of the Russian Federation, it is necessary for the West and Kiev to be ready for this.

The message Dutch PM urges Xi Jinping to call Zelenskyyy

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings, and named primary sources, corroborating with Reuters, the BBC, and the Kyiv Independent.

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