Xi Jinping and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by phone on Wednesday, April 26, for the first time since the beginning of the invasion of Russia. The Ukrainian president had repeatedly asked to meet the Chinese head of state, especially after his visit to Moscow in March.

Since February, Xi Jinping has been promoting a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, greeted with skepticism by the West, but cautiously by Kiev. Interview with Antoine Bondaz, researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research and China specialist.