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Chinese President Jinping refused the initial invitation to visit Brussels for a summit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the EU, as the EU’s sincerity of the last Chinese sincerity.

Beijing, EU officials are second in China Li Qiang, President of the Council of Europe and Brussels will meet the commission commission summit He said two people who met the issue more than Xi.

The Peak of the EU is an alternative between Brussels and Beijing, traditionally. The Prime Minister usually participates in the summit BrusselsAnd Xi holds it in Beijing, but the EU believes the importance of this meeting – the commission of half-century diplomatic relations means the participation of China’s president.

He said that both sides continued, but the initial Snub confirmed the meeting between many people in Brussels that the US President Donald Trump will not add concrete measures to cooperate in the Multilateral attack.

This year’s summit is especially sensitive for the EU-China relationship.

Tensions between Brussels and Beijing have grown in 2022 with the EU who accused Ukraine’s full-scale occupation and Kremlin with the EU. The bloc claims that they subsidized, and the tariffs on the import of Chinese electric vehicles.

EU officials do not have enough to trade in a trade deficit of 304.5 billion euros in the second largest economy of industries, industry and the world’s second largest economy to trade.

“Attitude is on ice,” he said. “This is not a substance a change. Their policy is not going to change and is the same for us.”

Lu Shaye said that the former Chinese policy of Beijing, the former European Affairs of China, China’s policy for European Affairs, said that China’s policy against Europe is always “peace, friendship, cooperation and mutual benefit.”

“This did not change. It is simply a further vision of China’s policy towards Europe’s policy against Europe. I hope this can be a wakeless call,” he said.

Lu in Lu, Ukraine and Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, known as the “Wolf Warrior” diplomat, asked if Ukraine and Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were part of the former Soviet republics.

China’s destination to manage his diplomatic relations with Europe was seen as the stiffness of Beijing positions, but also the EU diplomat, “attacked with Chinese charm.”

“China has even said they expect Europe to be a place on the negotiation table (in peace talks in Ukraine),” the diplomat said. “I also speak less about Ab-China Trade Frictions. It is still available, but it pays less attention to it.”

The EU trading chief Maroš Šefčovič was established to visit China at the end of this month. Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albular Last month explained financial time EU must also see potential opportunities. China said, “If it can be shared – let’s take advantage of this.”

President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leien, in February, we can find contracts that can be “risky”, “trade and investment relations, protecting the EU industry.”

Trump’nın 25 percent tariffs in the steel and aluminum EU, even warned damage caused by industrial groups. However, the EU official was a critical attention when he came to China, was a critical attention, protection measures to protect the “wave of IDPs” with the tariffs of China.

On Friday, the EU was conducted by adiphic acid against Chinese exports, nylon and many other products. Sweetcorn, metal screws and candles are 11th since October.

“Informal discussions continue to determine the EU summit and representative level this year,” he said.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that there was no information to “provide” in connection with the issue.