Closer strategic communication and deeper dialogue and cooperation between China and Europe serves the interests of both sides and the wider world, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Monday.
Guo was responding to a media query on recent visits by the King of Spain, the French President and the German Foreign Minister.
"China and European countries have had close high-level exchanges this year. Leaders of the two sides reached important common understandings on and provided strategic guidance for further growing the strategic partnership and deepening mutually beneficial cooperation. Amid the increasingly turbulent international situation, closer strategic communication and deeper dialogue and cooperation between China and Europe serves the interests of both sides and the wider world," said Guo.
"China stands ready to work with Europe to deliver on the common understandings between the leaders of the two sides, enhance solidarity and coordination, and promote the sound and steady development of China-Europe relations. The two sides need to jointly uphold multilateralism, support free trade, defend the postwar international order and international rules, oppose unilateralism and bullying moves, jointly address global challenges such as climate change, and improve global governance, so as to benefit the people of both sides and provide greater stability and certainty to the turbulent world," said the spokesman.
Strengthened China-Europe cooperation benefits both sides, wider world: spokesman
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with visiting German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul in Beijing on Monday, to discuss relations between their two countries.
At the meeting, Han said that since the formation of Germany's new government, China and Germany have maintained high-level close interaction. In May this year, Han added, President Xi Jinping spoke with Chancellor Friedrich Merz over phone, providing strategic guidance for further deepening China-Germany relations.
Noting that China and Germany are important economic and trading partners which can achieve win-win results through mutually beneficial cooperation, Han said China is willing to work with Germany to deliver on the important common understandings reached between top leaders of the two countries, enhance communication and dialogue, and work to bring the China-Germany all-round strategic partnership to a new level.
Han said the Taiwan question is at the core of China's core interests, and China hopes that the German side will abide by the one-China principle. China also expects Germany, as a core major country in the European Union, to play an active role in promoting healthy development of China-EU relations, Han noted.
Speaking on the same occasion, Wadephul said the new German government attaches great importance to developing ties with China and firmly adheres to the one-China policy.
Germany looks forward to closer high-level exchanges with China and deepened cooperation on all fronts, and is willing to be a reliable partner of cooperation with China, Wadephul said.
Chinese vice president meets German foreign minister on relations
