Ukraine leader Zelenskyy gives qualified support for China proposals

China called for a ceasefire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in a vaguely worded proposal released on Friday that analysts said was unlikely to deliver results.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

The president of Ukraine has given qualified support for China’s new pronouncements about the war in his country, saying Beijing’s interest is “not bad”.

“China has shown its thoughts. I believe that the fact that China started talking about Ukraine is not bad,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a news conference on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion.