China emphasizes the need to recognize all efforts in Russia-Ukraine peace initiatives

China believes all efforts should be recognized in supporting peace measures around the Russia-Ukraine war, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday.

China has never "fanned fire or fuelled the flames", said Mao Ning, addressing a question on a peace summit.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia and China of attempting to undermine his planned global peace summit in Switzerland in mid-June.

China attaches great importance to its relations with Ukraine and remains its largest trading partner, Mao said, adding that China's position on the peace conference is very "open and transparent".

Switzerland is seeking a broad-based turnout from different parts of the world for the summit, which Bern hopes will lay the groundwork for a peace process in Ukraine.

Reuters