Xi tells Putin that China supports efforts to resolve Ukraine crisis via dialogue - Chinese state media

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China February 4, 2022. Sputnik/Aleksey Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russian President Vladmir Putin that China supports Russia in efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis via dialogue, Chinese state television CCTV reported.

The leaders spoke by phone on Friday, it said.

(Reporting by Yew Lun Tian; editing by John Stonestreet)