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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
MADRID, June 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Spanish King Felipe VI here on Thursday. The two sides pledged to deepen cooperation and uphold multilateralism and free trade.
China is willing to further strengthen cooperation with Spain in areas such as new energy, agriculture, food industry, electric vehicles and digital economy, and intensify people-to-people exchanges in culture and education, Han Zheng said.
According to him, China and Spain hold similar views on many important international issues and are important positive forces in defending multilateralism, upholding free trade rules and order, promoting openness and cooperation, and improving global governance.
China is willing to work with Spain and Europe to strengthen communication and dialogue, jointly safeguard the international system with the UN at its core, and contribute to world peace, stability and development, Han added.
Felipe VI recalled his pleasant visit to China and said that since the beginning of the year, the two countries have held frequent high-level exchanges, continuously deepened political mutual trust and achieved abundant results in practical cooperation, and their relations have shown positive development dynamics.
Spain admires China’s achievements in new energy, high-speed rail and other sectors, the king said, adding that Madrid is ready to further strengthen cooperation with Beijing to advance bilateral ties.
Today, the world is experiencing complex changes, and China plays an important, active and stabilizing role in this process, the monarch emphasized.
According to him, Spain supports multilateralism and free trade, and is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China in multilateral mechanisms, jointly safeguard the order and rules of international multilateral trade, and promote global sustainable development.
The parties also exchanged views on issues such as relations between major powers, the Ukrainian crisis and the situation around Palestine. –0–