6:30 am: an EU-China summit to dissuade Beijing from helping Moscow
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, speaking on behalf of the Twenty-Seven, will meet on Friday April 1 by videoconference with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang then President Xi Jinping.
"The meeting will focus on the role that we encourage China to play in exerting all the necessary influence and pressure on Russia. This was not the initial purpose of the summit, it necessarily becomes so," said Tuesday. French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune.
"In concrete terms, it is essential to know whether China is using its influence to establish a ceasefire, humanitarian corridors" or "if it is helping Moscow to circumvent" the sanctions, by increasing its purchases of hydrocarbons or through aid financial, explains a European official.
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