Xi calls for greater cooperation with Germany in meeting with Scholz

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Germany was against “decoupling”. - AFP

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for closer cooperation between China and Germany at a time when the global environment was “changing”, following a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Beijing.

“As influential powers, China and Germany should all the more so work together in times of change and chaos to make more contributions to world peace and development,” said Mr Xi, during the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders at the Great Hall of the People in the Chinese capital on Friday.