China calls for dialogue, negotiation to resolve Ukraine crisis

BEIJING Dec 30 (APP):Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jiang Tuesday said that dialogue and negotiation are the only viable way out of the Ukraine crisis.

He made these remarks in response to a query during his regular briefing about Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s statement regarding launch of an overnight drone attack targeting the presidential residence in Russia’s northwestern Novgorod region.

“We call on relevant parties to follow the principles of no expansion of the battlefield, no escalation of fighting and no fanning the flames by any party, to promote de-escalation and to create conditions for the political settlement of the crisis,” he said.