Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday he and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed that a political settlement of the Ukraine crisis is the "right way forward," and that Beijing stands ready to play a constructive role in achieving this.The two leaders called for preventing the crisis from getting out of control and stressed the importance of dialogue to settle the situation, according to a joint statement issued after their summit talks in Beijing. The statement was carried by the two countries' state-run media.Xi said at a joint press conference with Putin that China hopes …READ FULL ARTICLE
