CCTV News: President Xi Jinping had a telephone conversation with French President Macron on the evening of December 9.
Xi Jinping pointed out that the increasing instability and uncertainty in the world today calls for more major powers to take responsibility.
"Independence, mutual understanding, foresight, mutual benefit and win-win" is the original intention of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France.
Upholding multilateralism, safeguarding the international system with the United Nations as the core, and safeguarding the international order based on international law are important consensuses between China and France.
We must keep our original intention in mind, adhere to consensus, steer the stability of China-France relations, strengthen exchanges, deepen cooperation, maintain close communication and coordination on major international and regional issues, and promote greater development of bilateral relations.
Xi Jinping emphasized that China is confident in its own path, theory, system, and culture, and respects the development path independently chosen by the people of all countries.
Countries with different social systems can respect each other, coexist peacefully, and develop together.
Under the new situation, the global and strategic nature of China-EU cooperation has become more prominent.
No matter how the international situation changes, China is committed to unswervingly promoting the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations, and hopes that the EU will implement a positive China policy.
The two sides should work together to speed up the completion of China-EU investment agreement negotiations, hold the China-EU high-level dialogue on environment and climate and high-level dialogue in the digital field, and push China-EU relations to a new level.
Macron said that France and China have conducted good cooperation in the fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and exchanges and cooperation in various fields have been comprehensively promoted.
The French side upholds an independent diplomatic tradition, attaches great importance to the development of relations with China, and is willing to continue to work with China to deepen France-China and EU-China cooperation.
It is hoped that the EU-China Investment Agreement negotiations will yield results as soon as possible.
France appreciates China’s important contribution to reaching the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, as well as its important role in vaccines and debt relief, especially the support provided to developing countries, and hopes to continue to cooperate with China on climate change, public health, and Africa. And strengthen coordination and cooperation on major global and regional issues.
I hope to visit China again in due course.
The two heads of state discussed the next stage of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, reached a number of important consensuses, and instructed their respective departments to step up implementation:
1. Welcome the leaders of the legislative bodies of the two countries to attend the 11th meeting of the China-France Parliamentary Exchange Mechanism through video for the first time.
2. Carry out more cooperation in the fields of life medicine, biological breeding, lunar and Mars exploration, and satellite research and development.
3. Improve the level of customs inspection and quarantine cooperation through mechanisms such as port hotline liaison to ensure the stability of the supply chain.
4. Overcome the difficulties of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, accelerate technical consultations on the regional management of African swine fever, and strive to reach substantive results on cooperation agreements at an early date.
5. Taking the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the Paris 2024 Olympics as opportunities, strengthen the Olympics and non-governmental exchanges and cooperation, and enhance mutual understanding and friendship.
6. Welcome the "China-EU Geographical Indications Agreement" will come into effect in early 2021.
Support Chinese and French high-quality specialty agricultural products such as tea, wine, cheese, etc. to enter each other's families.
7. Actively participate in the "Cooperative Initiative to Accelerate the R&D, Production and Fair Distribution of New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccines and Drugs" and the "New Coronary Pneumonia Vaccine Implementation Plan", increase assistance to developing countries, and make vaccines truly usable by people of all countries , Affordable public products.
8. Jointly uphold multilateralism, join hands in tackling climate change, support the success of the climate ambition summit on December 12 this year and the "One Planet" summit in January next year, and mobilize the international community to participate more actively in the fifteenth meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity next year The Conference of the Parties, the 26th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the 7th World Conference on Conservation of Nature have promoted the aforementioned important international agendas to achieve positive results.
The two sides also exchanged views on the Iranian nuclear and Antarctic marine protection issues.