European Union and Chinese leaders disagreed over how to respond to the Ukraine conflict.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told EU leaders that Beijing would push for peace in “its own way” in Ukraine after Brussels pressed for assurances that China would not supply Russia with arms or help Moscow circumvent Western sanctions. CGTN’s Dan Ashby has more from Brussels.

To discuss: 

• Victor Gao is a current affairs commentator and chair professor at Soochow University.
• Pieter Cleppe is the editor-in-chief of the BrusselsReport.eu.
• Einar Tangen is a political and economic affairs commentator.
• Klaus Larres is a European affairs analyst and professor of history and international affairs at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

For more:

China-EU summit: ‘cooperation’ on Ukraine but Beijing won’t commit to pressing Russia https://t.co/muwBGZhzmL

— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) April 1, 2022

The European Union will seek China’s assurances it won’t assist Russia in circumventing economic sanctions leveled over the invasion of Ukraine at an annual summit. EU officials are also looking for Beijing's cooperation on bringing an end to the war. https://t.co/wecw3N7joC

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 1, 2022