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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met for the first time in Europe in a visited Germany with Vatican's only non-diplomacy Foreign Minister, Gallagher, who hopes that the two sides will work more actively to develop relations. Was shown.
The Vatican, the center of the Roman Catholic Church, has no diplomatic relations with China, the only one in Europe due to the fact that China has refused to appoint the Bishop by the Pope, but the Foreign Ministry of China on the 15th and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the 14th. Announced that it had held its first foreign ministerial meeting with Vatican Secretary of State Gallagher in Germany, who was visiting Germany to attend the Security Council in Munich.
According to the Chinese side, Foreign Minister Gallagher in this conveyed Pope Francisco's respect and support for the Chinese government to fight the spread of the new coronavirus.
In response, Wang thanked the Pope's message and said, "The virus is a common enemy of mankind, and China is already controlling the spread of infection."
The Foreign Minister also said that the provisional agreement on how to appoint the bishop signed by both men was a very important agreement, and said, `` I hope that the talks will lead to further exchanges between the two sides. I want to further develop a relationship in which both sides are in active contact with each other. "