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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Dialogue and cooperation between China and Europe on the basis of mutual respect and mutual benefit will add more stabilizing factors to an unstable world, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday.
China and Europe are major forces in safeguarding world peace, promoting common development, and advancing progress of humanity, Wang said.
China-European cooperation was fruitful last year, Wang said, adding that the trade volume between China and Europe exceeded 800 billion U.S. dollars and the China-Europe Railway Express ran more than 15,000 cargo trips in 2021, up 29 percent from 2020.
Wang warned that some forces are unhappy with the steady development of China-Europe relations, fabricating the so-called "China threat," hyping up competition with China, clamoring "systemic rivals," even imposing sanctions and provoking confrontation against China.
"Both China and Europe should be on high alert against such acts," Wang stressed.
Noting that China-Europe cooperation is rooted in solid public support, extensive common interests, and similar strategic needs, Wang said that no force can reverse the cooperation.
China's policy toward Europe is firm and consistent, Wang said. "We will continue to support the independence of Europe as well as the unity and prosperity of the European Union."
"We hope that Europe will develop a more independent and objective view of China, adopt a more pragmatic and rational policy to China and work with China to oppose a 'new Cold War' and uphold true multilateralism," Wang said.
China is ready to make joint efforts with Europe for the success of the China-EU Summit, promote practical cooperation, advance multilateral coordination, deepen people to people exchanges, and properly manage differences to deliver more benefits to the world.
