EU-China videoconference: An open dialogue with China - Main contents

Climate, investment agreement, human rights, addressing the pandemic - these were the main issues on the agenda of the online meeting between the EU i and China. German Chancellor Angela Merkel i reported that it had been a “good, frank, open exchange of views that should be continued”.

It also proved possible “to address issues that are difficult, and where we are not of the same opinion from the outset, such as Hong Kong, the way we deal with minorities, and human rights,” reported Chancellor Merkel on Monday, following a videoconference between the European Union and China.

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Representing the EU at the conference were European Council President Charles Michel i, who chaired the meeting, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen i. Chancellor Merkel, in her capacity as the head of government of the country currently holding the rotating Presidency of the Council of the EU, also took part. China was represented by President Xi Jinping.