The foreign secretary said the UK would not be 'critical' if President Xi Jinping sought to use his influence over Vladimir Putin to broker a peace settlement in the 15-month long conflict.
But the foreign secretary said Britain would not be critical if Mr Xi, the Chinese President, chose to use his"significant degree of influence" with Mr Putin to bring about a"just and sustainable" peace settlement.
"And I don't think we should be dog in the manger about this. We know that Xi enjoys a significant degree of influence with Vladimir Putin. He added:"But if through his intervention he can help restore the sovereignty of Ukraine and get Russian troops out of that country, then I'm not going to be critical of that.Mr Cleverly made the speech following anMore Russian missiles were fired in the direction of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv overnight, which followed a series of drone, missile and airstrike attacks on Monday morning in the regions of Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Odesa.
In his speech, the Russian president attempted to blame the war in Ukraine on the West's"untamed ambitions, arrogance and impunity" and claimed that a"real war" had been unleashed against Russia - in comments that were denounced by Rishi Sunak.
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