fmprc is on holiday, Qingming Festival. Daily press conference resumed on April 6. So ...

In his first speech after arriving in Beijing, Macron said at a meeting with French nationals in the Chinese capital that "China could play a major role in finding a path to peace in Ukraine," the AFP reported.

He also said in his speech at the French Embassy in Beijing that Europe must not "separate" from China economically, claiming that France would "commit proactively to continue to have a commercial relationship with China," the media report said.

...Macron discussed his trip to China and support for Ukraine during a phone call with US President Joe Biden on the eve of his visit, the White House said....

"We've already seen that they are aligning themselves, or they want Russia to align to their version of the global order," Landsbergis told Bloomberg TV's Maria Tadeo after a meeting of his NATO counterparts in Brussels. "And definitely in that world order, Ukraine is not able to maintain its full sovereignty."

China sees "Russia already as some sort of a satellite. And they currently do not have, but they're planning to have, Russia exactly where they want it," Landsbergis said. He rejected China's proposals for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. "It's not a peace plan. Definitely," he said. "You cannot have full sovereignty of a country and loss of territory."
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Asked about European leaders flying into Beijing with business executives, Landsbergis replied: "Our consumers, people in Europe[,] should not have to pay the price for decisions made during business trips to Beijing." Macron's group includes a delegation of executives from large and small French companies.
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Landsbergis said Lithuania had chosen to decouple from China, but that he understood not all countries could do the same. He added: "De-risking cannot be business as usual."