China’s Xi calls on EU to work with China, says Beijing handles ties with sincerity, goodwill

BEIJING, Oct 30 (Reuters) – China hopes Germany can adhere to ​a “rational, pragmatic and ‌friendly” China policy and that the European Union can work with China ‌in ​the same ⁠direction, Chinese President ⁠Xi Jinping told German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Beijing on Friday.

China ​has always viewed the EU as ⁠a partner ⁠and has developed ​ties with the bloc “in ​a spirit of sincerity ‌and goodwill,” Xi said, adding that cooperation outweighs competition and ⁠consensus outweighs differences in China-EU relations.

As long as China ⁠and ‌the EU uphold ⁠a partnership positioning ​and ‌adhere to equal ​dialogue, “differences ⁠and problems can always be resolved,” the Chinese president said.

(Reporting by Beijing NewsroomEditing by Tomasz ​Janowski)