Russia “sees” little chance for peace talks with Ukraine, due to Kiev’s stance on the issue despite the constructive efforts of the African peacekeeping mission, the Kremlin spokesman said today, Tuesday. Dmitry Peskovaccording to Reuters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had “very productive” talks with African leaders on Saturday and remained open to dialogue and contacts on Ukraine, Peskov said. However, he told reporters that because of the history of Kiev’s position, as he called it, “one can hardly speak of solid ground” in order to hold peace talks.

About Blinken’s visit to China

At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman, commenting on US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s visit to Beijing, said that Russia is not worried about possible US attempts to influence China’s policy towards Moscow.

Peskov said that Beijing has the sovereign right to build relations with other countries and that the process of trying to build predictable relations between China and the United States is important.

Russia did not believe there was a risk that the Sino-US talks would cause problems for Moscow, he said.

“Our strategic partnership with China makes us confident that (Beijing’s) development of relations with other countries will never turn against our country,” Peskov said.

Russia, which is under US and European Union sanctions over Ukraine, is seeking in Beijing a market for its energy exports and a partnership in a global anti-Western axis that would challenge the existing world order.

Xi visited Russia in March, pledging friendship but maintaining a “neutral position” on the conflict in Ukraine. A peace plan proposed by Beijing has so far produced no significant results.