 Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hu and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met in Moscow on May 26, as Beijing heads a diplomatic efforts for peace deal in Ukraine. Li arrived in Moscow on the final stop of a diplomatic tour that started in Kiev and has taken him to Warsaw, Paris and Berlin. China has urged both sides to agree to a gradual de-escalation leading to a comprehensive ceasefire in its 12-point paper on the political resolution of the Ukraine crisis. The Ukraine, which says it will only consider peace settlements after Russian troops lead Ukrainian territory, took issue with the plan for not stating that Russia should withdraw behind borders in place since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, but later said it was open to parts of the plan.