LA MONGIE, France: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (May 7) hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping for a high-altitude lunch at a childhood haunt in the Pyrenees mountains, pressing a message to Beijing no
The presidential couples lunched on local delicacies Macron on Tuesday hosted Chinese leader Xi Jinping
Macron, joined initially by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, urged Xi not to allow the export of any technology that could be used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and asked Beijing to do all it could to end the war. While born and brought up in the north of France, the young"Manu" spent numerous winter and summer holidays with his late maternal grandparents in the area just below the Col du Tourmalet, over 2,000m above sea level and a legendary climb in the Tour de France cycling race.
The other two countries chosen by Xi for his European tour after France - Serbia and Hungary - are seen as among the most sympathetic to Moscow in Europe. Xi, who is due to host Russian President Vladimir Putin in China later this month, warned against using the Ukraine crisis"to cast blame, smear a third country and incite a new Cold War".
They accuse Macron of turning a blind eye to abuses by Beijing, including repression of the Uyghur minority while placing too much emphasis on his counterpart's pledges.
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