Chinese President Xi Jinping told Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday at the G20 summit in Indonesia that he hoped Italy would play an important role in helping the European Union’s policy towards China remain "positive" and "independent." In their first-ever meeting, Xi and Meloni praised each other’s countries as ancient civilisations, with Xi pointing out China’s cooperation with Italy on battling COVID-19, and calling on China-Italy relations to become a "model for the development of relations between two countries with different social systems and cultural backgrounds," according to state broadcaster CCTV.
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