Time.news – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked China for “fair” trade and economic relations based on “reciprocity”. “What is clear to us is that we do not believe in the ideas of decoupling (with China) but it is also clear that this has to do with equal economic ties, with reciprocity, with the question that access to investments must be guaranteed in the same way“, said the leader of Berlin.
President Xi Jinping just met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on his official visit to China. pic.twitter.com/HRrQHrNe5d
— Hua Chunying (@SpokespersonCHN) November 4, 2022
Xi Jinping’s response
China supports the strategic independence of the European Union and insists that relations between Beijing and Brussels are not “targeted, subjugated or controlled by third parties”. This was stated by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, during today’s meeting in Beijing.
The president, quoted by the state broadcaster China Central Television, explained that “China always considers Europe a global strategic partner, supports the strategic independence of the EU, hopes that Europe is stable and prosperous and insists on the fact that China-EU relations are not targeted, subjugated or controlled by third parties “.
China calls on Germany to reject the “confrontation between blocs and ideological interference” in bilateral relations and pursue a “positive policy” towards Beijing.
Beijing and Berlin, Xi said, “should always grasp the general direction of bilateral relations from a strategic height and pursue a constructive attitude”. China, therefore, “hopes that Germany will pursue a positive policy towards China in order to obtain mutual benefits and win-win results for all”.
The Chinese leader also reiterated that China is ready to strengthen cooperation with Germany and the European Union in international affairs. “The more complicated the situation, the more China and the EU must adhere to mutual respect and benefit, dialogue and cooperation”, Xi specified.
“China – he concludes – is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Germany and the EU in international affairs and seek together solutions to global issues such as tackling climate changeprotect biodiversity and promote food security “.