China relaxes visa rules for five EU states
The change in the visa rules came as French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna met with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday.
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00:00 China has announced a relaxation of visa rules for five European states as well as Malaysia.
00:06 The announcement came as France`s foreign minister, Catherine Collina, met with China`s
00:10 foreign minister in Beijing to seek reassurances that China wouldn`t help Russia directly or
00:15 indirectly in its war against Ukraine.
00:18 Beijing announced that from December, citizens of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands
00:23 and Spain will all be allowed to visit China for 15 days without a visa.
00:28 The relaxation of the visa rules is expected to last a year.
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