On February 25, 2022, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a telephone conversation with Bona, the foreign affairs adviser to the French President.
Wang Yi said that not long ago, President Xi Jinping and President Macron held their first phone call this year and reached a new consensus on cooperation.
The Beijing Winter Olympics came to a successful conclusion, and both Chinese and French athletes achieved good results. The French side is welcome to actively participate in the Winter Paralympic Games.
France is a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a major country with a tradition of independence and autonomy.
The Chinese side is willing to maintain close communication with the French side, jointly promote the opening of a new situation in bilateral relations, and make new contributions to the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations.
Bonne said that the French side has always attached great importance to the development of France-China relations, and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, enhance dialogue and deepen cooperation with the Chinese side, so as to jointly promote the vigorous development of bilateral relations.
The two sides exchanged views on the Ukraine issue.
Both China and France believe that the most urgent task is to promote the parties to start diplomatic negotiations as soon as possible to ease the tension; they should abandon the group-confrontation mentality and seek solutions that accommodate the concerns of all parties.