SHANGHAI -- China on Friday issued fresh calls for a Ukraine war cease-fire on the conflict's first anniversary, even as it abstained from a U.N. vote demanding that Russia withdraw its forces.
Ukraine war
China issues fresh call for cease-fire in year-old Ukraine war
Beijing abstains from U.N. vote calling on ally Russia to withdraw forces
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, and China's Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi speak before a meeting in Moscow on Feb. 22. © Reuters
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