Germany's Merz hopes Xi Jinping will urge Putin to stop war in Ukraine

Friedrich Merz. Photo: Getty Images

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed the hope that Chinese leader Xi Jinping will call on Russian ruler Vladimir Putin to end the war against Ukraine during Putin's visit to Beijing.

Source: Deutsche Welle (DW)

Quote from Merz: "We naturally associate this visit with the hope that President Xi will also urge President Putin to end this war in Ukraine, which he cannot win." [N.B. Ukrainska Pravda does not recognise Putin as president – ed.]

Germany's Merz hopes Xi Jinping will urge Putin to stop war in Ukraine

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