China, France agree to build ties ‘of strategic stability and vision’

China and France on Monday agreed to promote communications, coordination, exchanges and cooperation to build a bilateral relationship of more strategic stability and vision, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a joint press conference with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Stephane Sejourne after their talks in Beijing.

Wang told reporters that China and France, both with an independent spirit, should play a leading role in boosting international solidarity, innovation and development, openness and win-win results, and dialogue among civilizations.

During the talks, Wang said China and France are both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and major independent countries and that they share an extraordinary history of exchange and shoulder the important missions of the times.

Noting that this year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral ties between China and France, Wang said China is willing to work with France to solidify and add dynamism to the ChinaFrance comprehensive strategic partnership, guided by the strategic consensus reached by the two heads of state.

He said China is ready to lead the sound and steady development of China-EU relations and inject more stability into a world beset by frequent upheaval. Wang said China is actively cultivating new quality productive forces and continuously promoting high-quality development and high-level opening-up and that these actions will bring more opportunities to France and the rest of the world and inject new vitality into China-France relations.