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> BEIJING: Russia has told China that it is willing to hold dialogue and return to negotiations with Ukraine and the US over the ongoing war in the eastern European country, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday.

> Moscow expressed its willingness to hold dialogue with Kyiv and Washington over the situation in Ukraine during a phone call between Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday.

> "China and Russia have legitimate rights to realise their own development and revitalisation, which is in line with the trend of the times. Any attempt to stop China and Russia from marching forward is doomed to fail," Wang, who is state councillor and is also a member of the powerful Communist party Politburo, said.

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