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Ahead of China visit, Putin says he is ready to negotiate on Ukraine war

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with the members of the Russian Business Congress Delovaya Rossiya at the Kremlin, in Moscow. [AFP]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with Chinese media Wednesday that Russia is ready to negotiate on the war in Ukraine.

Russia has "never refused to negotiate," China's state-run Xinhua News Agency quoted Putin as saying. Russia seeks a "comprehensive, sustainable and just settlement of this conflict through peaceful means."

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