In meeting with Xi, EU leader takes hard line on war in Ukraine
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, put pressure on China on Monday to help resolve the war in Ukraine, saying Beijing should "use all its influence on Russia to end its war of aggression against Ukraine." .He spoke after accompanying French President Emmanuel Macron on a meeting with Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, who on Sunday began his first visit to Europe in five years. Ms von der Leyen has consistently taken a stronger line on China than Macron.With Russian President Vladimir V. Putin again suggesting he may be ready to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, he said Xi played “an important role in debunking Russia's irresponsible nuclear threats.” She was confident, von der Leyen said, that Xi “would continue to do so against the backdrop of cont...