Chinese FM hails ties with Slovenia, pledging further cooperation

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Chinese FM hails ties with Slovenia, pledging further cooperation

2025-09-14 11:19 Last Updated At：19:27

China attaches great importance to developing relations with Slovenia and appreciates the latter's friendly policy towards China, Chinese top diplomat Wang Yi said during his meeting with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana on Saturday.

Golob said that Slovenia and China have long maintained good cooperative relations, which serve the interests of both sides.

Slovenia firmly adheres to the one-China policy and looks forward to sharing the opportunities brought by China's rapid development, particularly by deepening mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as energy, automobiles and pharmaceuticals, Golob said, extending his country's welcome to Chinese enterprises.

He said that China's diplomacy is adept at handling complex issues with a long-term perspective, patience, and wisdom.

Slovenia supports multilateralism and the role of the United Nations (UN), and opposes double standards, said the prime minister, pledging to strengthen coordination with China in the UN Security Council and on other multilateral arenas, and expecting China to play a greater role in promoting the peaceful settlement of hotspot issues.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that the tradition of China's diplomacy is that all countries, big or small, are equal.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Slovenia over 30 years ago, bilateral cooperation has achieved fruitful results, benefiting the people of both countries and serving the interests of both sides.

China is committed to expanding high-level opening-up and is willing to work with Slovenia to unleash cooperation potential and achieve win-win results continuously, Wang said, noting that both sides should encourage two-way investment and provide enterprises with a fair, friendly, first-class, and predictable business environment.

As a responsible major country and a member of the UN Security Council, China serves as a major force in maintaining world peace and is also a major country with the best record on security issues, he noted.

China always maintains that war cannot solve problems and sanctions will only complicate them, Wang said, adding that China insists on resolving international disputes through dialog and consultation, while never seeking selfish gains or engaging in any sort of bargain.

China is willing to work with Slovenia to firmly practice multilateralism, safeguard the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, enhance mutual understanding, increase mutual trust, and jointly inject more certainty into a world fraught with turmoil, he noted.

"Soft landing" of China-EU EV case to significantly boost market confidence: MOC spokeswoman

The "soft landing" of the China-EU electric vehicle case will greatly boost market confidence and inject new momentum into China-EU cooperation in automobile trade and investment, a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.

He Yongqian, the spokeswoman, made the remarks after China and the European Union (EU) agreed on the necessity of providing general guidance on price undertakings for Chinese companies exporting battery electric vehicle (BEV) passenger cars to the EU.

"China and the EU simultaneously announced on Monday that they had achieved positive outcomes following multiple rounds of consultations on the EV case, a development that has drawn wide attention at home and abroad. Industry players from both sides have 'highly welcomed and fully endorsed' the outcome, saying the 'soft landing' of the case is expected to greatly boost market confidence and inject new momentum into China-EU cooperation in automobile trade and investment. Some EU politicians have described it as a positive step toward building a sustainable China-EU trade relationship, and said it demonstrated that resolving trade differences through partnership remains feasible," she said.

"Against the current international backdrop, China and the EU, acting in a spirit of mutual respect and within the framework of WTO rules, have properly addressed the EV case, which is of significant positive importance. The outcome will not only contribute to the sound development of China-EU economic and trade ties and help safeguard the stability of the global automotive industrial and supply chains, but will also send a clear and strong signal that both sides are willing to uphold a rules-based international trading order, setting a good example for countries to resolve differences through dialogue and consultation and injecting greater certainty and positive energy into global economic growth," she said.

"China appreciates the spirit of dialogue showed by the EU side and stands ready to work with the EU, building on the current positive outcomes, to further implement the consensus reached by the leaders of the two sides, maintain dialogue and communication, and support stable industrial and supply chains on both sides, continue to deepen cooperation on the basis of market principles, and make active contributions to the global green transition," she added.