The trip took nearly 18 hours from Beijing to Kiev. The trip was to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

The Chinese government is trying to find a solution to the crisis. The U.S. government is also working on a resolution to the conflict in the South China Sea. The United States and Russia are involved in a dispute over the use of U.N. funds to fund the war in Syria. The dispute is over who gets to pay for the cost of the U.K.-U.S.-led conflict.