Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to France, Serbia and Hungary
China is showing a strong interest in establishing and strengthening its diplomatic relations with several European countries. Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to France, Serbia and Hungary next week. This will be his first trip to Europe in five years, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. During this visit, President Xi Jinping will hold state meetings with President Emmanuel Macron of France, President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia, and President Tamás Sulyok and Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary. This visit demonstrates China’s interest in establishing closer relations with these European countries.
China is looking to get closer to Europe after improving its relations with the US
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to China last week showed that relations between the United States and China have improved after last year’s tensions. However, there are still disagreements between the two countries in several areas. During meetings with Chinese leaders, Antony Blinken expressed concern about the supply of materials from China to Russia for the war against Ukraine. This issue has generated suspicions and tensions between the United States and China. However, China has denied these accusations and defended its trade relationship with Russia.
China and Russia are establishing a closer relationship
China and Russia have recently emphasized that their relations have strengthened and that the two countries are working together to oppose the hegemonic and intimidating behaviors of the United States. The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, have stressed the importance of their bilateral relationship and emphasized that they are priority partners. They have also defended dialogue and opposed all those behaviors that incite division and confrontation (https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Parafrasejat_similar). This closer relationship between China and Russia has generated some concern in the United States and has been the subject of monitoring by the international community.