Despite Beijing’s attempts to be neutral and keep the attack WAR #Russia🇷🇺 started against _European_ #Ukraine🇺🇦🌻
far away from its ties with _Europe_ hangs Russia🇷🇺’s invasion heavily over the long-delayed annual #China🇨🇳-#EU🇪🇺 summit on Friday. 1/
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far away from its ties with _Europe_ hangs Russia🇷🇺’s invasion heavily over the long-delayed annual #China🇨🇳-#EU🇪🇺 summit on Friday. 1/
scmp.com/news/china/dip…
“Now we have made it clear to 🇨🇳 that we also want to talk about Ukraine🇺🇦.”
The stalled #Bilateral_trade_deal🇪🇺🇨🇳 – the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (#CAI) – will be up for discussion from April 1.
The summit was last held in June 2020 and was called off last year 2/
The stalled #Bilateral_trade_deal🇪🇺🇨🇳 – the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (#CAI) – will be up for discussion from April 1.
The summit was last held in June 2020 and was called off last year 2/
after 🇪🇺 accusations of human rights abuses in #Xinjiang set off sanctions between the 🇪🇺 and 🇨🇳.
@ EUparliament then voted to freeze discussion of the #CAI, which had taken _7 years_ to negotiate.
3/
@ EUparliament then voted to freeze discussion of the #CAI, which had taken _7 years_ to negotiate.
3/
In 2022: ~”The #EU🇪🇺 has changed. Its nature will move from being an economic_power to to be more like a geopolitical_player, or a security_bloc. We need time to see what this means for 🇨🇳’s dealings with the 🇪🇺.”
China-EU summit: war in Ukraine🇺🇦 looms over long-delayed talksh
China-EU summit: war in Ukraine🇺🇦 looms over long-delayed talksh
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