Xi ignored the invitation to the Jubilee Summit of the EU-China-the media

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping ignored the invitation to visit the summit in Brussels on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of establishing relations between China and the European Union.

Source: Financial Times with reference to informed interlocutors, “European Truth”

Details: According to the interlocutors, Beijing told the EU officials that China Prime Minister Lee Tyan would meet at a summit in Brussels with the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission, not Xi Jinping.

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It is noted that the EU-China Summites traditionally alternate between Brussels and Beijing. Usually the Prime Minister attends a summit in Brussels, and SI in Beijing, but the EU believes that the importance of this meeting-on the occasion of half a century of diplomatic relations-means that China’s leader should be present at the summit.

The interlocutors claim that both parties have stated that the negotiations were ongoing, but the initial refusal has confirmed the opinion of many in Brussels that China will not add specific actions to their warm words about the need for cooperation against the backdrop of “US President Donald Trump’s onset of Multilateral Order.”

It is worth noting that this year’s summit takes place at a particularly sensitive time for EU and China relations.

The tension between Brussels and Beijing increased after Russia’s full -scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, when the EU accused China of supporting the Kremlin. The EU also introduced tariffs for imports of Chinese electric vehicles, claiming that they are subsidized.

In particular, the EU Callas Diplomacy Head has recently said that China only wins from trade wars, which Trump is being solved against its allies.

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