French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pressed Xi Jinping to coordinate closely with Europe in the face of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine and accept fair global trade rules as the Chinese leader began a state visit to France.<\/p>\n
Xi\u2019s first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary. Xi has said he wants to find peace in Ukraine even if analysts do not expect major changes in Chinese policy.<\/p>\n
But his choice of France as the sole major European power on his itinerary indicates the importance the leader of the one-party Communist state of more than 1.4 billion people accords to Macron as an EU powerbroker over two years into Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n
Opening an initial trilateral meeting attended by European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Macron said coordination with Beijing on \u201cmajor crises\u201d including Ukraine was \u201cabsolutely decisive\u201d and urged \u201cfair rules for all\u201d in Europe-China trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe future of our continent will very clearly depend on our ability to continue to develop relations with China in a balanced manner,\u201d Macron said.<\/p>\n
In an op-ed for Le Figaro daily, Xi said he wanted to work with the international community to find ways to resolve the conflict sparked by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, while emphasising that China was \u201cneither a party nor a participant\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope that peace and stability will return quickly to Europe, and intend to work with France and the entire international community to find good paths to resolve the crisis,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
Von der Leyen said she will press for \u201cfair\u201d competition with China in global trade, adding that in previous talks with Xi she had \u201cmade clear that the current imbalances in market access are not sustainable and need to be addressed\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been very clear-eyed about our relationship with China, which is one of the most complex, but also one of the most important,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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