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hello and welcome. the french president emmanuel macron and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where they're holding talks with the chinese leadership. the trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they're expected to urge china to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. after meeting with china's premier — li qiang — preident macron has met president xi xingping in the last half hour. in his first comments, mr macron said the visit would focus on economic ties as well as international stability. joini...

Moment. he sits down for roundtable discussions with president macron of france. and also the head of the european commission ursula von der leyen. earlier president macron and bush about the underlying met de president of thai mine. trying to move the issue forward, especially on economic and trade matters, pushing china to do what it can regarding the situation in ukraine. mr macron is also discussing the ukraine conflict whilst in china. our correspondent hugo bachega is kyiv. he says ukraine still doesn't view beijing as a possible peacemaker in the conflict. well, i don't think there's an...

Expectation here that china could emerge as a trusted mediator in this conflict. remember that weeks ago, president xi was in moscow shaking hands with president putin. they were talking about the no limits partnership between the two countries. russia... china has not condemned russia's invasion of ukraine, has not criticised president putin for his actions here. and he has actually put forward a peace proposal that has been dismissed by the ukrainians, by western countries, as being a plan that favours russia, in other words, consolidates russia's gains in this country. so... and on the othe...