"Other members of the international community should do more to promote dialogue and negotiations, create the necessary conditions and atmosphere for progress in the negotiations," RIA Novosti quoted Dai Bina as saying.

Merely imposing sanctions and sending weapons will not bring peace, he said.

The diplomat stressed that anti-Russian sanctions launched a food and energy crisis.

Earlier, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the EU foreign ministers agreed to continue military assistance to Ukraine, in particular, an increase in the supply of weapons amid fears of increased hostilities in the east of the country.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock said that Ukraine needs heavy weapons and partners have no time for excuses.