US EditionLeaders of China, Spain pledge closer ties amid 'crumbling' world order
Xi and Sánchez called for stronger communication and mutual trust as Spain seeks more market access and China backs peace efforts on Iran.
- On Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez pledged to deepen bilateral ties in Beijing, aiming to safeguard global peace amid an international order Xi described as "crumbling."
- Spain has taken a more independent foreign policy stance, recently barring the United States from using two military bases for warplanes involved in the Iran conflict, which Sánchez described as "illegal."
- Ahead of the meeting, Sánchez urged China to leverage its global influence to help end conflicts in Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, and Lebanon, framing closer cooperation as necessary to stabilize the international order.
- Both leaders agreed to "enhance communication, consolidate mutual trust and cooperate closely to resist any regression towards the law of the jungle," while China criticized recent strikes risking Middle East instability.
- This visit, the fourth in four years, positions Spain as a strategic partner to Beijing as other Western governments manage complex trade and security tensions with the world's second-largest economy.
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China's Xi warns against 'world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle' in meeting with Spain's PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez have pledged to safeguard multilateralism amid global conflicts. Xi said the countries should “oppose the world’s retrogression to the law of the jungle." They met in Beijing on Tuesday. Sánchez…
China and Spain have pledged to deepen ties and safeguard world peace within the framework of an international order that Chinese President Xi Jinping described as "disintegrating" in a statement during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing. He warned against the return of the "law of the jungle" to international relations at a time of global chaos.
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Xi calls for closer ties with Spain in face of global 'chaos'
China's President Xi Jinping warned against a return to the "law of the jungle" in international relations and called for closer economic ties with Spain as he met Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Tuesday, according to Chinese state media.
China and Spain pledged today to deepen ties and safeguard world peace within an international order that Chinese President Xi Jinping described as "disintegrating" in a statement during a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing. He warned against the return of the "law of the jungle" to international relations at a time of global chaos.
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