Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the Vice Premier and Foreign Minister Tiani, who visited China, emphasized that in the face of challenges and interference in the face of geopolitics and other challenges, China -It should adhere to the strategic nature of the relationship between the two countries."" ".The analysis believes that Beijing hopes to strengthen cooperation with Europe through Italy, while Italy hopes to withdraw from the "Belt and Road" initiative without irritating China.
The official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday (September 4) released the contents of the talks between Wang Yi and Taiani late at night.Wang Yi said that Zhongyi is a major world economy or a comprehensive strategic partner. Relations between the two countries surpass the bilateral categories and make positive contributions to the development of China -Europe relations and world peace and stability.
Wang Yi believes that in the face of challenges and interference in geopolitical politics, China ’s afford should adhere to the correct way to get along with mutual trust, open cooperation, and equal dialogue.Adhere to the strategic nature of Chinese -Italian relations, strive for bilateral relations at the forefront of China -Europe relations, and look forward to Italy's "continuing to play a constructive role for the development of China -Europe relations."
Wang Yi and Taiani also attended the joint meeting of the China -Italian Government Committee on the same day.Wang Yi pointed out in a concluding speech that the cooperation between the "Belt and Road" of the two countries has been fruitful. In the past five years, the trade volume of Italian Italy has increased from 50 billion US dollars (S $ 68 billion) to nearly 80 billion US dollars.Essence
Tuesday, Tuesday (5th), three days of visit to China. He posted on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) that Italy was actively promoting a dialogue with China in the field of culture, economy and science.With the exchange, the annual China -Italy Government Committee meeting was "we want to continue."
Tunani also disclosed in the post that he and Wang Yi exchanged international affairs such as the Russian and Ukraine War and the development of Africa, but the "Belt and Road" subjects that were concerned about the outside world were not mentioned.
According to the Wall Street Journal of the United States, Tiani told the media when it was in Beijing that Italy did not achieve great results from the "Belt and Road", but this "has nothing to do."He said: "We are determined to continue to promote the plan to strengthen the commercial exchanges between the two countries."
The report quoted Italian officials saying that Italy managed to withdraw from the "Belt and Road" without irritating China to avoid revenge in Italian companies in China.
Italy is the only member of the Seven Power Group (G7) of the "Belt and Road" initiative.The "Belt and Road" agreement will expire in March next year, and Italy must make a decision three months in advance, otherwise it will be automatically renewed for five years.
James CHAR, a researcher at the Rajernan International Research Institute of Nanyang University of Science and Technology in Singapore, interpreted during the interview with Lianhe Zaobao. Wang Yi's speech explained that Beijing urgently hopes to lobby Italy to stay in the "Belt and Road" because this G7 member countryThe exit will weaken the prestige of the “Belt and Road” and cause impact on the iconic foreign policy proposed by the Chinese official.However, if the Italian Parliament has made a decision, it is unknown how much foreign ministers can play.
Zhu Feng, dean of the School of International Relations of Nanjing University, analyzed in an analysis in an interview that Italy's symbolic significance of withdrawing from the "Belt and Road" was greater than the substantial impact.More importantly, in the context of the possible long -term Ukrainian war, how China and Europe have dealt with various challenges."From a pragmatic perspective, China still hopes to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Europe by consolidating bilateral relations with Italy."