China refused to agree to a meeting between Prime Minister Li Qiang and President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Switzerland, reports Politico. “China’s delegation in Switzerland had ample opportunity to sit across from their Ukrainian counterparts, whether in Bern or at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Any meeting would have satisfied a long-standing hope in Kyiv to hold frank, in-person discussions with senior officials from Beijing,” the article states. Earlier, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, emphasized the importance of China joining peaceful negoti…