China's envoy pushes for peace on Ukraine

All parties urged to create conditions for talks rather than fanning flames

China's top envoy to the United Nations has urged the international community to promote a political solution to the Ukraine crisis, noting that everything China has been doing is to facilitate peace talks.

A political solution to the Ukraine crisis must be promoted with the utmost urgency, Zhang Jun, China's permanent representative to the UN, told a Security Council meeting on Monday on the maintenance of peace and security in Ukraine.

"There are no easy answers to complex issues, and the first step must always be taken to comprehensively solve them," said Zhang. "The restart of dialogue and negotiation cannot wait any longer. All parties should create conditions for promoting dialogue and negotiation instead of adding fuel to the flames, intensifying conflicts and trying to profit from it.