Merz Calls on Xi to Support Ukraine Peace Effort in First Call
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on President Xi Jinping to support a joint US-European push to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine, in his first phone call with the Chinese leader on Friday.
Merz stressed that Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine has a bearing on Germany's national security, the chancellor's spokesman, Stefan Kornelius, said in a statement after the call. The German leader has recently publicly advocated spending up to 5% of the German economy on defense.
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