Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with visiting Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide in Beijing on Tuesday.
China regards Norway as an important and stable European partner, noted Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
China hopes that Norway will continue its positive, stable, pragmatic and rational policy toward China, he said.
Wang called on both sides to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, to respect each other's core interests and accommodate each other's major concerns, and to continue pursuing openness and win-win cooperation.
China is willing to work with Norway to uphold multilateralism together, oppose decoupling and severing supply chains, and promote a more just and equitable international system, he added.
Norway firmly adheres to the one-China policy, said Eide. He noted that as a leader in Europe's green transition, Norway fully opens its market to Chinese electric vehicles and adopts a zero-tariff policy. Norwegian companies are optimistic about the Chinese market and look forward to expanding investment and cooperation with China, he said.
Eide added that China's Global Governance Initiative is highly compatible with Norway's vision, and that Norway is willing to work with China to uphold the spirit of the UN Charter and support a rules-based multilateral trading system.
Both sides agreed to strengthen alignment of their development strategies, expand mutually beneficial cooperation in areas such as trade, maritime affairs, green development and innovation, and foster a stable business environment for enterprises from both countries.
Regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip, both sides agreed that the ceasefire agreement should be effectively implemented, and the international community, particularly countries with influence over the conflicting parties, should provide the necessary support for a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire.
Both sides called for support to strengthen the authority and governance capabilities of the Palestinian Authority.
Chinese FM holds talks with Norwegian counterpart
China's 42nd Antarctic Expedition team has started unloading supplies for scientific exploration after arriving at waters near the Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica.
The ongoing seven-month scientific exploration mission is supported by Chinese icebreakers the Xuelong and the Xuelong 2, which set sail from Shanghai on Nov 1.
The two icebreakers will deliver about 2,000 tons of supplies to the Zhongshan Station for scientific exploration.
The Xuelong 2 arrived first at a designated unloading spot about 12 kilometers from the Zhongshan Station. Later, the ship's Ka-32 helicopter transported in batches more than 300 tons of polar fuel to the research base when weather conditions were favorable.
"Nearly 90 members of the expedition team carried by the two ship are already at the Zhongshan Station, preparing for receiving supplies and assignments for scientific exploration," said Wang Tao, person in charge of unloading operations at the Zhongshan Station.
Thanks to more than 30 hours of efforts by the Xuelong 2 to widen the channel and lead the way, the Xuelong, which was carrying about 1,500 tons of supplies, has also arrived at the unloading spot.
The unloading operations, involving a combination of sea-ice transport and helicopter lifts, are expected to be finished within two weeks.
And then, the Xuelong and the Xuelong 2 will proceed to China's Qingling Station and Changcheng Station in Antarctica, respectively.
The expedition team includes more than 500 members from over 80 institutions on the Chinese mainland, along with researchers from more than 10 other countries and regions, such as Thailand, Chile and Portugal, as well as China's Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, in support of broader international scientific collaboration.
They will conduct multi-disciplinary scientific surveys, advance several major national research projects, and test domestically developed equipment under polar conditions.
Particularly, scientific drilling experiments in lakes deep in the Antarctic inland ice sheet will be carried out for the first time.
China's 42nd Antarctic Expedition team unloads supplies at Zhongshan Station
