French President Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in the city of Amiens.

He is the youngest president of will make a state visit to China from April 5 to 8, the Elysée Palace announced today, quoted by AFP, BTA reported.

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The head of state of the European country will use the visit "to work" with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping "to restore peace" in Ukraine, the statement said.

The French presidency notes that Macron is "committed to maintaining a permanent and demanding dialogue with China".

The upcoming visit at the beginning of April was already announced at the end of February, but no specific dates were specified then.

The Chinese president visited Moscow earlier this week, where he expressed his support for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin - Russian politician.

Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez against the West.

Just before that, China tried to mediate the conflict in Ukraine, presenting a peace plan that was accepted by Putin but met with skepticism by the US and its allies, as well as by the Ukrainian authorities themselves.

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Paris wants to convince Beijing to use its influence over Moscow to persuade it to agree to talks with Kiev.

Earlier today, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

Olaf Scholz is a German politician from the Social Democratic Party (GSDP).

From December 2021, he called on the Chinese president to also talk with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky after his meeting with Putin.

Emmanuel Macron

Emmanuel Macron was born on December 21, 1977 in the city of Amiens.

He is the youngest president of the will also discuss with Xi Jinping international crises in the Middle East and Africa, tensions in the Indo-Pacific region, strategic and economic issues, as well as cooperation to address the main world challenges, the Elysée Palace also announced.

At a press conference in Brussels today after the EU summit, Macron himself announced that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would accompany him on part of his visit to China as an expression of "European unity".

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