After espionage scandal – Belgium’ • Table.Briefings

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo at the presentation of the Belgian program for the EU Council Presidency.

The string of visits from Europe to Beijing will continue in 2024. Belgium’s Prime Minister De Croo will kick it off this year. His country has held the EU Council Presidency since the beginning of the year. De Croo’s visit will set the tone for the coming months.

Belgium’s Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib visit Beijing this week – the first representatives of an EU member state this year. Lahbib has been in Shanghai since Tuesday and will join the rest of the delegation in Beijing on Thursday. It is the first visit by a Belgian head of government since 2016. Belgium has held the EU Council Presidency since January 1.

After espionage scandal – Belgium’s Prime Minister De Croo visits Beijing

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