As the UK’s new Labour government looks to improve relations with China, Foreign Secretary David Lammy is visiting Beijing.
CGTN’s Zheng Yibing has the latest.
CGTN’s Zheng Yibing has the latest.
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00:00Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met earlier in Beijing with the United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lamey.
00:06The both held an in-depth talk on enhancing strategic mutual trust and strengthening dialogue on cooperation in various fields.
00:14In the opening, a welcoming remark to Lamey, Wang Yi said,
00:18The development of the long-term, stable and strategic China-UK relations is in line with the historical, logic and current needs of bilateral relations,
00:28the common aspirations and the fundamental interests of the two peoples and the trend of the times.
00:34The both sides have complementary advantages in many fields that can learn from and cooperate with each other and be important defenders of international order.
00:44Therefore, Lamey praised the mutually beneficial cooperation in many fields like climate, energy, science and technology, trade and investment, and health and development.
00:54He said when security, economics and politics are becoming increasingly intertangled,
01:00neither UK nor China have any interest in escalation or greater instability.
01:06He said the both sides can find pragmatic solutions to complex global challenges.
01:12And to show the problems that are not insurmountable.
01:15We are waiting for the details of the talks between the two sides.
01:19Lamey is in China for an official visit on Friday and Saturday.
01:23His talks in Beijing with Wang Yi and others are expected to center on implementing the important consensus reached between the two leaders in the phone talks in August and will bring more on the talks between the two sides.