ROME/BEIJING ¨C Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on Sunday to ¡°relaunch¡± cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her first official visit to Beijing since taking office.
Meloni, who has led a right-leaning government since 2022, made the announcement during a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, as Rome seeks to improve trade ties with Beijing after it exited President Xi Jinping¡¯s flagship Belt and Road infrastructure investment plan last year.
The Italian leader said her five-day trip was a ¡°demonstration of the will to begin a new phase, to relaunch our bilateral cooperation.¡±
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