The international ministers of China and Russia conferred by cellphone on Monday, after Beijing participated in weekend talks in Saudi Arabia geared toward ending the conflict in Ukraine that didn’t embrace Moscow.

The Chinese international minister, Wang Yi, and his Russian counterpart, Sergey V. Lavrov, mentioned “the Ukrainian crisis and other international and regional issues of common concern,” in line with a press release from China’s international ministry.

During the decision, Mr. Wang advised Mr. Lavrov that China would “uphold an independent and impartial stance” on Ukraine, “actively promote” peace talks and search a political answer to the battle “on any multilateral occasion,” the Chinese assertion stated.

The Russian international ministry, in its personal assertion, stated the dialogue between Mr. Lavrov and Mr. Wang touched upon a variety of “hot regional topics, including the Ukrainian crisis,” noting that the dialog “once again confirmed the unity” of the 2 nations’ approaches to world affairs.

Neither assertion talked about the weekend talks in Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia invited some 40 nations to take part in the talks in Jeddah, together with China, Ukraine, the United States and India, in addition to the European Union. Russia was not invited.

Participants have been heartened by China’s determination to attend.

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine set off a brutal conflict 18 months in the past, officers and analysts have regarded for China to probably play a job in serving to to finish the battle. The nation is the highest importer of Russian oil and has one of many few governments holding vital leverage over the Kremlin.

Russia denounced the Jeddah talks as pointless with out its personal participation, characterizing the gathering as a futile effort to rally the growing world behind Kyiv.

The talks got here at a time of heightened pressure within the Black Sea. Last month, Russia declined to increase a deal, brokered by the United Nations and Turkey, that had mitigated harm to the worldwide meals commerce by permitting Ukraine to securely ship its grain. Then, as Ukraine sought alternate routes, Russia attacked Ukraine’s ports.

Ukraine has responded by attacking Russian targets within the Black Sea, together with in Novorossiysk, one among Russia’s greatest ports and a key export hub for oil and grain.

China released a paper on fixing the battle in February that largely rehashed outdated positions and was met tepidly by Western diplomats, a lot of whom are skeptical Beijing will play any significant position in ending the conflict.

On Monday, in line with the Chinese international ministry, Mr. Lavrov advised Mr. Wang that Moscow agreed with China’s place paper on the political settlement of the Ukrainian disaster, “and appreciates and welcomes China’s constructive role in this regard.”