Over the weekend, Special Representative of the Chinese Government on Eurasian Affairs, Li Hui, met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Galuzin Mikhail Yuryevichz to discuss the “political settlement of the Ukraine crisis.” He is also visiting Brussels, Warsaw, Kyiv, Berlin and Paris as part of his tour.

Having a déjà vu? Last year, Li Hui toured the aforementioned European capitals during a 12-day trip that followed the publication of Beijing’s “Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis,” often mislabeled as a peace plan. The mission failed to build a common ground for negotiations or achieve any tangible results for that matter.

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