Xi Jinping will join the French president and the president of the European Commission, commemorating 60 years of diplomatic relations. After France, he will visit Hungary and Serbia.
The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, begins this Monday in France the first visit to europe since the Covid-19 pandemic, including travel as well to Hungary and Serbiawith an agenda that must include Ukraine, trade and investment.
This first day a reception will take place in Paris at Invalidswhere the remains of Emperor Napoleon are located and where state taxes are paid, according to the French presidency.
In addition to the bilateral talks at the Elysée Palace and the meeting that will bring together presidents and the president of the European CommissionUrsula Von Der Leyen, Chinese-French economic meetings are planned at the Marigny Theater (Paris).
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The two leaders and their respective first ladies will visit, a day later, the emblematic Tourmalet, in the Pyrenees, at a time when they celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Emmanuel Macron’s office added.
The two-day trip comes a year after Macron’s visit to Beijing and Guangzhou in 2023, in a context of slight rapprochement between China and the European Union, although doubts still remain. tensions in the commercial spherethe economy and respect for human rights.
International news agencies expect Xi to express displeasure with European investigations into Chinese trade practices and maintain his stance on Russia. The tableware demands neutrality in the Ukraine conflict, but Xi and Putin declared their governments had “unlimited friendship” before Moscow’s attack in February 2022.
For Paris, the main issue must be the war in Ukraine, and since “China is one of Russia’s main partners”Emmanuel Macron intends to “encourage her to use the influence she has over Moscow to change Russia’s calculations and contribute to the resolution of this conflict,” according to the Elysee Palace.
Last year in China, Macron asked his counterpart to “call Russia to see reason” and shortly after, the Chinese president called his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, for the first time since the start of the conflict, in February 2022.
However, the diplomatic advances expected by Paris did not occur.
After France, Xi to visit Hungary and Serbiathe European countries closest to China and also to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Source: Observadora
