(6 May 2024)
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Paris – 6 May 2024
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1. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xi Jinping, Chinese President:
"I am willing to start a new journey of Sino-French cooperation. Both sides should adhere to the original aspiration of the establishing of diplomatic relations on independence, mutual understanding, forward thinking, mutual benefit and win-win results, and inject new connotations of the times into it."
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2. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xi Jinping, Chinese President:
"China and France must maintain independence, jointly prevent a new Cold War or confrontation between camps, insist on mutual understanding, and jointly promote harmonious coexistence in a colourful world. We must persist in being far-sighted and jointly promote an equal and orderly multipolar world."
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3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xi Jinping, Chinese President:
“We must uphold mutually beneficial cooperation and win-win, jointly oppose decoupling, chain breaking, and building walls and barriers.”
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STORYLINE:
Chinese President, Xi Jinping, said he was "willing to start a new journey of Sino-French cooperation" during talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace on Monday.
Xi is in France for a two-day state visit, opening his European tour.
"In the current chaotic situation of the century, China and France must maintain independence, jointly prevent a new Cold War or confrontation between camps, insist on mutual understanding, and jointly promote harmonious coexistence in a colourful world," Xi told French officials.
In Paris, Xi first joined a meeting with Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meant to address broader European Union concerns.
The discussions will be closely watched from Washington, a month before President Joe Biden is expected to pay his own state visit to France.
Xi’s visit marks the 60th anniversary of France-China diplomatic relations, and follows Macron’s trip to China in April 2023.
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