The EU and China are in the final preparations for next week’s summit in Beijing. As the European External Action Service (EEAS) announced on Tuesday, the Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the EEAS, Enrique Mora, and China’s Vice Foreign Minister, Sun Weidong, exchanged views on several topics such as the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and stability in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. At Monday’s meeting, the EU once again urged China to participate in a peaceful solution to the war in Ukraine.