Michel is not being heard in Beijing

During three hours of talks in Beijing with Xi Jinping, EU Council President Charles Michel addresses the current protests as well as the war in Ukraine but achieves few concrete concessions. Xi, on the other hand, does not want to see any „real strategic conflicts or differences“.

EU Council President Charles Michel has called on Beijing, during his visit to China, to press Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. „We are counting on China to use its influence,“ Michel said after talks with state and party leader Xi Jinping.

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