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Premier Li Qiang on his arrival in Zurich: He was welcomed by the President of the Swiss Confederation, Viola Amherd.

Li Qiang is the highest-ranking visitor from China to Switzerland in seven years. President Viola Amherd received him with military honors at a country estate near Bern. Li will speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday.

Switzerland and China signed a declaration on deepening their partnership during a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang to Bern on Monday. In addition to economic issues such as the expansion of the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement, other topics on the agenda included climate change, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine and the war in the Middle East.

Bern and Beijing want to expand free trade agreement

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