Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in Beijing on Tuesday. The two heads of state also witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of education, water conservancy, environmental protection, circular economy and agricultural and food products in the Chinese capital, according to the Xinhua News Agency.
Experts believe the meeting will boost cooperation, clear misunderstandings and help find consensus between the two sides, and inject stability to address the challenges and uncertainties faced by Finland and the whole of Europe at the global stage. The experts also expect the meeting to steady recent turbulences in China-EU ties and mitigate the adverse effects of geopolitical thinking within the EU. During the meeting, Xi noted that Finland was one of the first Western countries to establish diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China and the first Western country to sign an intergovernmental trade agreement with China.
