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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) — China is willing to work with Ireland to strengthen strategic exchanges, deepen political mutual trust and expand practical cooperation to ensure the well-being of the two peoples and inject new impetus into China-EU relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday at a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin.
As Xi Jinping noted, China is willing to work with Ireland to enhance trade and economic cooperation, align development strategies in areas such as artificial intelligence, the digital economy, medicine and healthcare, promote reciprocal investment, complement each other's advantages, jointly share opportunities, and achieve common development.
The two sides should strengthen cooperation in areas such as education, culture and tourism to promote people-to-people rapprochement, Xi said, adding that China welcomes more Irish youth to come to China for study and exchanges.
According to him, both China and Ireland support multilateralism and advocate for fairness and justice in the international arena. The two sides should strengthen coordination and cooperation in international affairs and jointly uphold the authority of the UN to promote a more just and rational global governance system.
Xi Jinping further pointed out that China and the EU should take a long-term perspective, adhere to the positioning of partnership, objectively and rationally address and resolve differences, and insist on win-win cooperation.
Noting that Ireland will hold the EU presidency in the second half of this year, Xi expressed hope that Ireland will play a constructive role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations.
M. Martin, in turn, emphasized that Ireland firmly adheres to the one-China policy and seeks to strengthen and develop the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between the two countries.
Ireland is ready to deepen cooperation with China in areas such as trade, investment, science and technology, biomedicine, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, education, etc., noted M. Martin. -0-
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