As the US pursues direct talks with Russia on the Ukraine war, China has indicated that it wants the European Union to have a seat at the negotiating table.

BEIJING: China's foreign minister has told his G20 counterparts that a "window for peace" is opening for the Ukraine crisis, days after top US and Russian diplomats met in Saudi Arabia. "China has noted that calls for peace talks have been rising recently,

A senior Ukrainian official said on Saturday that "China has a crucial role to play in achieving peace", following a meeting with Beijing's top diplomat in Munich. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha‎ and the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office,

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has opened up to the possibility of deploying peacekeeping forces to Ukraine. He raised the possibility once an agreement has been reached to resolve the three-year conflict following Russia's invasion.

The deployment of Chinese peacekeepers to Ukraine is a hypothetical question. China refuses to comment on related rumors, states Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun, according to Global Times.