Starmer’s meeting with Xi Jinping; Emphasis on “relationship without surprises”
In a meeting with the Chinese preside on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil, the British prime minister backed what he called a “strong relationship without surprises” between the two couries.
According to RCO News Agency, British Prime Minister Kerr Starmer, while meeting with Chinese Preside Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Brazil, emphasized that he was London-Beijing relations to be “coinuous, stable and respectful and that As we have agreed, surprises will be avoided wherever possible.”
Starmer stated at the beginning of the meeting: “Britain’s strong relationship with China is importa for both our couries and for the iernational community as a whole. “The UK will be a predictable, consiste, independe actor committed to the rule of law.”
The delegations of China and England to the G20 summit, chaired respectively by Xi Jinping and Kerr Starmer, held talks on Monday on the sidelines of the summit held in Rio de Janeiro, which is its last day today.
On the other hand, “Xinhua” News agency affiliated with the Chinese governme reported that Xi Jinping said in his meeting with Starmer that despite the differe values, culture and social systems of Beijing and London, they have common ierests and should have a logical and objective view of each other’s developme. Strengthen strategic communication, improve bilateral political trust, and ensure long-term stability and pragmatism in bilateral relations.
The Preside of China coinued his remarks and emphasized: “As permane members of the United Nations Security Council and major economies in the world, China and Great Britain not only bear the importa task of supporting the developme of their couries, but also assume the responsibility of responding to global challenges.” »
Xi Jinping noted: “Both couries have a vast space for cooperation in the fields of clean energy, trade and investme, financial services and medical care.”
The Chinese Preside stressed that London and Beijing should support political solutions to importa issues, strengthen the global governance of artificial ielligence, support global economic growth and realize common global developme.
Starmer proposed to have a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in London or Beijing as soon as possible.
According to this report, the British Prime Minister also proposed financial talks between the Chinese Vice Premier and the British Treasury Secretary “with the aim of seeking more investme projects and a more level playing field to help our companies”.
“I am very pleased that my governme’s Foreign Secretary David Lemmy and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi recely met to discuss their respective concerns in the areas of human rights, parliameary sanctions, Taiwan, the South China Sea and our shared ierests,” Starmer said. negotiate in Hong Kong.”
According to the “South China Morning Post” newspaper, during David Lemmy’s first visit to China as Foreign Minister last moh, Beijing agreed to resume all talks with Britain and promised cooperation in many areas, including trade, finance, He gave science and technology.
On Sunday, after his arrival in Rio de Janeiro and before the G20 summit, Xi Jinping expressed his readiness to cooperate with all parties in the direction of “inclusive and beneficial economic globalization at the global level.”
The British prime minister said on Sunday that because Beijing and London are both world powers and China is one of Britain’s biggest trading partners, he was to have “serious pragmatic talks” with the Chinese preside.
The G20 summit is being held while Russian Preside Vladimir Putin is not participating in it and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is participating in it.
Starmer, on the other hand, said that at the G20 summit, he put the issue of the war in Ukraine at the top of his agenda. He has become the first British Prime Minister since Theresa May’s governme in 2018 to meet Xi Jinping.
In a phone conversation with Starmer in August, a moh after he became the British Prime Minister, Xi Jinping stressed that the two couries should have strategic and long-term views on bilateral relations.
In rece mohs, London and Beijing have made efforts to restore their relations, and their negotiations in the field of trade will probably coinue following the rise of concerns about the consequences of Donald Trump’s presidency for the import and export of goods.
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