China will ship an envoy to Russia and Ukraine in a quest for peace talks.

A Chinese authorities envoy will go to Ukraine and Russia subsequent week in an try to assist negotiate an finish to the warfare, a Chinese authorities spokesman stated on Friday.

China had introduced its intention to ship the official, Li Hui — the federal government’s particular consultant for Eurasian affairs — after a cellphone name final month between its high chief, Xi Jinping, and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Beijing had stated that Mr. Li would “conduct in-depth communication with all parties” to attempt to attain a “political settlement.”

Beijing has been attempting to place itself as a possible peace dealer within the warfare, particularly as Mr. Xi casts himself as a world statesman and China as a substitute for the United States for world management. In February, China issued what it described as a 12-point peace plan for Ukraine, although Western officers criticized it as missing substance.

Still, because the warfare broke out in February 2022, many within the West have seemed to the position that China might play. Kyiv has described China, which has a detailed partnership with Russia, as probably the one nation with sufficient sway to influence President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to finish the warfare. But the shut ties between Moscow and Beijing have additionally spurred issues in Europe and the United States that China would possibly in actual fact act to assist Russia’s warfare effort.

Mr. Li, the particular consultant, has his personal lengthy historical past in Russia: He served as China’s ambassador there for 10 years, and in 2019, Mr. Putin awarded him a “Medal of Friendship.”

Beijing on Friday provided few particulars about what Mr. Li would do in Ukraine and Russia or whom he would meet. The journey is predicted to start on Monday, and Mr. Li may also go to France, Germany and Poland, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, stated at a recurrently scheduled briefing.

Mr. Wang reiterated the Chinese authorities’s line that it’s impartial within the battle, although it has refused to name Russia’s actions an invasion.

“This is another demonstration of China’s commitment to promoting and urging peace talks,” he stated of Mr. Li’s journey. “The international community’s calls for a cease-fire and end to the war are growing louder and louder, and China is willing to play a constructive role.”