Kyiv is waiting to hear if a call will take place between Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in an interview published on Tuesday.

“I don’t know, we are waiting for confirmation,” Vereshchuk said when asked whether a call between the two leaders will take place.

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“That would be an important move. They have things to say to each other,” Vereshchuk told the Corriere della Sera Italian daily.