German Remaining Chancellor Angela Merkel recently said that a complete decoupling from China was wrong and would cause harm to Germany and Europe. She advised Germany and the EU to continue working with China. In this regard, at the regular press conference of the Chinese Foreign Ministry held today (18th), spokesman Zhao Lijian said that Prime Minister Merkel attaches great importance to developing relations with China, and has visited China 12 times during his term of office, promoting the pragmatic cooperation between the two countries and friendly exchanges in various fields to go deep and solid, and bringing tangible benefits to the two countries and the two peoples. At the same time, China has always believed that in the era of globalization, mutual respect, equal treatment, exchanges and mutual learning, and win-win cooperation are the mainstream of international relations. (CCTV News)
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