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France’s President Emmanuel Macron greets Chinese President Xi Jinping at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pressed Xi Jinping to coordinate closely with Europe in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and accept fair global trade rules as the Chinese leader began a state visit to France.Xi’s first visit to Europe since 2019 will also see him hold talks in Serbia and Hungary.
“The future of our continent will very clearly depend on our ability to continue to develop relations with China in a balanced manner,” Macron said.In an op-ed for Le Figaro daily, Xi said he wanted to work with the international community to find ways to resolve the conflict sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while emphasising that China was “neither a party nor a participant”.
“We have been very clear-eyed about our relationship with China, which is one of the most complex, but also one of the most important,” she said. “It is in our interest to get China to weigh in on the stability of the international order,” Macron said in an interview with the Economist published on Thursday.Like von der Leyen, Macron also said in the same interview that trade was a priority in the talks, underscoring that Europe must defend its “strategic interests” in its economic relations with China.
“President Macron should make it clear to Xi Jinping that Beijing’s crimes against humanity come with consequences for China’s relations with France,” said Maya Wang, acting China director at Human Rights Watch.
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