China hopes that Finland view China's normal development of relations with other countries rationally and refrain from politicizing economic and trade issues, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
Guo made the remarks in response to a media query about a comment by Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, who said China's relationship with Russia is a "disqualifying factor" for a China-EU free trade agreement.
"China-EU economic and trade relations are mutually beneficial in nature. Strengthening dialog and consultation and deepening economic and trade cooperation based on mutual respect are in the interests of both China and the EU and are also what the business community and the wider public would expect," the spokesman said.
"We hope that Finland will view China's normal development of relations with other countries rationally and objectively, maintain an open mind, and refrain from politicizing economic and trade issues, and stop generalizing security issues," said Guo.
China hopes Finland not to politicize trade issues: spokesman
