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Chinese President Xi Jinping refused an initial invitation to visit Brussels to obtain a summit to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of relations, as the European Union questioned the sincerity of the recent Chinese initiatives.

Beijing told European Union officials that the second Chinese leader Lee Qiang will meet the heads of the European Council and the Brussels Committee for summit Instead of eleventh, two people said knowledgeable about this issue.

It hosts the Chinese Chinese summits of the European Union between Brussels and Beijing. The Prime Minister usually attends the summit BrusselsThe people said that Xi is hosting it in Beijing, but the European Union believes that the importance of this meeting – celebrating half a century of diplomatic relations – means that the Chinese president should attend.

Both sides said that the talks lasted, but the first Snub confirmed the opinion between many Brussels that China will not add concrete measures to its warm words about the need to cooperate in the face of US President Donald Trump’s aggression against the global multi -frame system.

The summit of this year comes in a particularly sensitive time for the European Union’s relations.

Tensions between Brussels and Beijing have grown since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with the European Union accusing China of supporting the Kremlin. The bloc also imposed a tariff on the imports of Chinese electric vehicles, claiming it is supported.

European Union officials say China, which last year, was a commercial deficit of 304.5 billion euros with the bloc, is not doing enough to restore balance by reducing support for its industries and reducing commercial barriers of foreign companies that do business in the second largest economy in the world.

“The relationship on the ice”, a senior diplomat in the European Union. It is a change in tone, not a substance. Their policy and the right soul will not change for us. “

Le Shay, the former China Ambassador to France, who is now Beijing’s private representative for European affairs, said that China’s policy towards Europe has always been “called for peace, friendship, cooperation and mutual benefits.”

“This has never changed. It is just that the contradiction with the current American policy towards Europe makes China’s policy towards Europe look more visible, fair and reasonable. I hope this is an invitation to wake up [for Europe]He said.

Lu caused Europe in Europe in Europe last year when he wondered whether Crimea was part of Ukraine and the sovereignty of the Soviet Soviet republics, such as the European Union members of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.

Some commentators have seen his appointment to managing the Chinese diplomatic relationship with Europe as the stiffness of Beijing’s position, but at the same time, another diplomat told the European Union, “There is a Chinese magic attack.”

China even said they expect Europe to have a seat on the negotiating table [in Ukraine peace talks]The diplomat added. “I also hear less talk about the European Union’s commercial friction. It still exists, but there is less focus on it.”

The European Union Trade President is scheduled to visit Maroš šefčovič China at the end of this month. Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albaris He told the Financial Times last month The European Union should also see potential opportunities. When China “could be a partner – let’s benefit from it,” said Albaris.

Ursula von der Lin, President of the European Commission, said in February that although the European Union will remain “not ignoring” by protecting its industry, “we can find agreements that can expand even our commercial and investment relations.”

Trump’s tariff of 25 percent forced the European Union to respond, even as industry groups warn of the damage it will cause. But a senior European Union official said that the decisive focus when it came to China was defensive measures to maintain a “wave” of Chinese products displaced from the American market by definitions.

On Friday, the European Union opened an anti -Chinese exports of ADIDID acid, used to produce nylon and many other products. This is the eleventh case since October, including those related to the nails of sweet, minerals and candles.

“Informal discussions are continuing to define the history of the Chinese summit in the European Union this year and the level of acting,” said a European Union official.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said it does not have “any information to provide” regarding this issue.