"China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, can play an important role in ending the crisis, if it wishes," RND quoted her as saying.

According to Interfax, at the same time, according to her, any peaceful solution should be based on the UN Charter.

Baerbock stressed that "Russia must withdraw troops from Ukraine."

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang discussed efforts to peacefully resolve the crisis in Ukraine during a meeting in India.

It is clarified that the conversation between the ministers took place in a traditionally trusting and constructive manner.

The head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry told Lavrov about his readiness to resolve the crisis in Ukraine together with Russia.