European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel may visit China in the first half of 2023. According to the newspaper’s report, this was announced by Fu Cong, China’s Ambassador to the European Union. Global Times.
He said preparations are underway for the visit of two senior EU officials and that “very frequent high-level mutual visits” between the EU and China are expected to begin soon.
Fu Cong said he was “very optimistic” about re-establishing relations between China and the EU. He noted that Beijing does not fully agree with some of the EU’s positions on Ukraine, but does not want this issue to affect the development of relations between China and Europe.
The Ambassador stressed that the EU should avoid being too emotional in solving the Ukraine problem. “People may have desires, but they have to face reality. Otherwise, this war will go on and on,” he said.
Earlier it became known that the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. will go February 28 – March 2 to China.
French President Emmanuel Macron plans Visit China in early April, according to BFMTV.
Previous edition of The New York Times reported He says that China, which desperately needs to revive its economy, wants to improve its relations with Europe and tries to distance itself from Russia.