ROME, March 20 (Xinhua) -- An upcoming state visit to Italy by President Xi Jinping will open up a new chapter in Sino-Italian relations, Chinese Ambassador to Italy Li Ruiyu has said. Xi's visit, starting Thursday, will be the first of its kind in a decade, Li said in a recent interview with Xinhua, noting that bilateral relations have been on the fast track since the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1970, and especially since they forged a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2004.
China and the European Union (EU) both know how to control differences and resolve problems in between, and thus develop their relations healthily, said Ambassador Zhang Ming, head of the Chinese Mission to the EU on Wednesday, on eve of the EU summit which will talk about issues including contacts with China. Zhang made the remarks at a seminar held by the Brussels-based think tank Friends of Europe.
ROME, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said Tuesday that r cooperation with China within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is in line with Italy's national interests. "Our economic and trade focus (on the BRI) and on China is fully legitimate and justified in light of our national interests," Conte told lawmakers ahead of a European Union (EU) summit on March 21-22, whose agenda includes discussions on cooperation with China.
Students from an Italian International School admire picture books created by Chinese children on the Bologna International Children's Book Fair in Bologna, Italy, March 28, 2018. (Xinhua/Jin Yu) BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France from March 21 to 26, to consolidate time-honored friendship, enhance practical cooperation and champion multilateralism.
