Xi Jingping, mission to Europe: the president of China returns after 5 years. First stop in Paris by Macron and after von der Leyen
The Chinese President Xi Jinping he arrived in France for a state visit. This was announced by the official Chinese television CCTV. “On the afternoon of May 5, local time, President Xi Jinping he flew into Paris to begin a state visit in France,” the TV said. Xi was welcomed by the prime minister Gabriel Attal at Paris Orly airport. Today the Chinese president will celebrate the 60 years of Franco-Chinese diplomatic relations and will see the French president in the morning Emmanuel Macron. The President of the European Commission will also join the French-Chinese duo at the Elysée Ursula von der Leyen for a session that should allow trade disputes to be raised. Which are not few.
Threatened to find itself caught between the American and Chinese economies, aided massively by public authorities, the European Union has intensified its investigations into Chinese state subsidies in recent months to various industrial sectors, in particular electric vehicles, accused of distorting competition.
In an interview with La Tribune, Emmanuel Macron recognized that Europeans “they are not unanimous” on the strategy to be adopted because, he said, “some actors still see China essentially as a market of opportunities” while it “exports massively to Europe. Macron therefore asked to “better protect national security“, to “be very more realistic in defending their interests” in order to “obtain reciprocity”.
However, Beijing does not like the European diktats, they are considered “protectionist” measures. Precisely for this reason the Chinese authorities have started a own anti-subsidy investigation mainly into French cognac, against which the French president intends to take a stand. A. is also expected today Franco-Chinese economic forum at the Marigny theater. In the afternoon, after a formal welcome ceremony with great pomp at the Invalides, and before a banquet at the Elysée, Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping will meet face to face for the more political part of the meeting, a press conference will follow. Macron also plans to ask the Chinese to support the “Olympic truce” for “all” conflicts during the Paris Games this summer.
Also in the foreground Ukraine affair. Paris wants to at least ensure that China, the Russian president’s main ally Vladimir Putin, does not receive clear support for his war effort against Kiev. But also “encourage her to use the levers” she has on Moscow to “contribute to the resolution of the conflict”, according to the Elysée. Concepts that the French president will try to reiterate on Tuesday, in the Pyrenees, during a tour of the two leaders, accompanied by their respective wives.
“China will work with France to promote the spirit that governs the establishment of their relationships diplomatic efforts to promote achievements and build the future of Sino-French relations,” wrote Chinese President Xi Jinping in an article on Le Figaro on the occasion of his trip to France. “It was with France, of all Western countries, that China established the first global strategic partnership and the first institutionalized strategic dialogue, initiated the first cooperation in the fields of aeronautics, civil nuclear energy and third markets and undertook initiatives for the mutual creation of cultural opportunities. All this has played a leading role in mutual inspiration among the world’s civilizations,” Xi continued.
“We understand the upheaval that the Ukrainian crisis is causing for Europeans,” Xi continued. “China did not cause this crisis, nor is it a part or participant in it. But we have always played a constructive role in promote a peaceful solution“. “On several occasions I have called for respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, sovereignty and the territorial integrity of all countriestaking into account the legitimate security concerns of the different parties, and I insisted on the imperative to do not use nuclear weapons or wage nuclear war“.
“We have provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine and our special envoy made several trips to the countries concerned. The longer the crisis persists, the more Europe and the world suffer. we wish that peace and stability return quickly to Europe and we intend to collaborate with France and the entire international community to find good ways to resolve the crisis” added the Chinese president.
As for peace in Middle East, the fundamental solution “is the creation of an independent Palestinian state.” “As history has repeatedly demonstrated – Xi observed – the persistent instabilities are fundamentally explained by the failure to effectively implement United Nations resolutions, with the continued erosion of the foundations of the ‘two-state solution’ and the diversion of the Middle East peace process. China and France share a broad consensus on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. We must strengthen our cooperation to contribute to the return of peace in the Middle East”.
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