“We have always believed that any action by the General Assembly should contribute to the de-escalation of the situation and the resumption of dialogue.

The draft resolution presented falls short of those objectives.

Therefore, the Chinese delegation will abstain from voting," TASS quoted him as saying.

The EU, in its draft resolution for the UN General Assembly, called for a negotiated settlement in Ukraine.

We are talking about a resolution that is being developed to condemn the annexation of the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia.