PARIS, April 4 ― French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China from tomorrow, hoping to dissuade Beijing from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine but without...
PARIS, April 4 ― French President Emmanuel Macron will visit China from tomorrow, hoping to dissuade Beijing from supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine but without alienating a crucial trade and geopolitical player.
The French leader's aims include preserving and rebalancing China's trade ties with Europe as well as safeguarding French interests in the Asia-Pacific region ― where Paris sees itself as a player thanks to its overseas territories and military deployments. He predicted instead that the leaders would warn him off arms deliveries in public while dangling the threat of sanctions in their private talks.China has portrayed itself as seeking a peaceful resolution to Russia's attack on its neighbour.
“How China continues to interact with Putin's war will be a determining factor for EU-China relations going forward,” she added. “We do not want to cut economic, societal, political and scientific ties,” von der Leyen said, although Brussels like Paris hopes to “rebalance” the trading relationship “on the basis of transparency, predictability and reciprocity”.
Around 1.6 million citizens reside in French overseas territories there, from La Reunion off Madagascar's east coast to New Caledonia northeast of Australia and the dozens of Pacific islands of French Polynesia.
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