Chinese president Xi Jinping spoke on Monday in the large People's Hall in Beijing with Polish president Andrzej Duda, who is on a state visit to China. Both countries have signed a number of bilateral papers on trade and agriculture cooperation and exchanged views on the Ukrainian crisis.
Noting that Poland was 1 of the first countries to recognise the People's Republic of China, Xi said bilateral relations have maintained steady advancement since both countries established diplomatic relations 75 years ago. He added that since 8 years ago China and Poland have decided to extend their ties to a comprehensive strategical partnership, exchange and cooperation between the 2 countries in different areas have expanded and deepened in a comprehensive way, for the benefit of both nations.
Xi said that "the key to the success of Chinese-Polish relations is that both sides were able to draw wisdom and strength from the historical and cultural traditions of their peoples and stick to the independent improvement of bilateral friendly relations". China decided to introduce visa-free traffic for Polish citizens coming to China for 15 days. At the meeting, Duda said that Poland is ready to keep close multilateral communication and coordination with China, to push for further improvement of a comprehensive strategical partnership between Poland and China, and to make a affirmative contribution to promoting peace and stableness in the world.
Poland will take over the rotating EU Presidency in the first half of next year and is ready to play a constructive function in promoting EU-China relations and proceed to advance cooperation between the countries of Central and east Europe and China," said the Polish President.
Xi stressed at his gathering with Duda that “China's position on the Ukrainian crisis is to encourage peace talks and search a political solution. The aim should now be to prevent the escalation of conflict and to make conditions conducive to peace talks. This is in line with the interests of the global community, including Europe." "China opposes those who usage average trade relations between China and Russia as an excuse to distract and slander China. China encourages and supports all efforts to resolve the crisis peacefully and advance the establishment of a sustainable, effective and sustainable European safety framework. China is ready to proceed to play a constructive function in resolving the Ukrainian crisis politically in its own way," Xi noted.
Poland has long been a country with a strained relation with Russia and is simply a key NATO associate who is profoundly active in the Ukrainian crisis. Duda's visit to Beijing proves that any voices from the West, especially from the US, which claimed that the improvement of Chinese-Russian relations would harm China's relations with European countries, are far from true," experts say.
The facts show that China is simply a liable and neutral power that can withstand interference from respective countries specified as the US and at the same time effectively communicate and make ties with the conflict parties of the Ukrainian crisis, have been noted by analysts. "China is simply a country that can make its own ties with another countries without attacking any 3rd party, China can make ties with Poland and another EU members as well as make ties with Russia," he said on Monday "Global Times" Cui Heng, a scientist from the Chinese National Institute of Cooperation of the Shanghai global Cooperation and Judicial Cooperation Organization based in Shanghai.
Li Haidong, A prof. at the Chinese University of abroad Affairs, said on Monday Global Times that the crisis in Ukraine and Europe's safety are complex issues that require the engagement of all countries, not only major EU members specified as France and Germany, or conflict parties specified as Russia and Ukraine, but besides countries that are straight afraid and which have influences specified as Poland.
"China-Polish or Chinese-EU and Chinese-Russian ties do not necessarily affect each another due to the fact that we have broad common interests that request to be developed and we are convinced to avoid interfering with the situation in Europe while playing a constructive function to aid the applicable parties find a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine," said Cui.
Before his visit, Duda said in a Friday interview with Radio Zet that “I am trying to keep a friendly relation with China. Poland has always had decent relations with China and I would like them to continue," said AP agency on Monday. The Polish leader told the station that the issue of peace in Ukraine would be discussed. erstwhile asked if he believed that China had the key to peace in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Duda said, “I think to a large degree so,” she said.
China and Poland have broad common interests in economical cooperation and trade, and both countries are besides seeking greater interpersonal exchange. Xi said at a gathering with Duda that the 2 sides should jointly build 1 Belt and a Trail, guarantee and make cooperation on large projects specified as the Chinese-European railway express, and strengthen cooperation in areas specified as trade, agriculture, digital economy, green manufacture and clean energy.
"China welcomes the expanding quality of Polish agri-food products on the Chinese market, supports the improvement of bilateral investments and hopes that Poland will supply a fair, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese companies," Xi noted.
China has been Poland's second largest trading partner for years and Poland is China's largest trading partner in Central and east Europe. Over the last 5 years, bilateral trade between China and Poland has recorded an average yearly growth rate of more than 10%, and bilateral trade in 2023 reached $42 billion – informed the Chinese Ambassador to Poland Sun Linjiang in an article published on Sunday in the People's Journal.
Sun said that Poland was 1 of the first countries to sign an intergovernmental memorandum on the agreement with China on the Belt and way Initiative. The presence of Chinese companies on the Polish marketplace is increasing, and their direct investments in this European country totalled over $4 billion – the ambassador wrote. Polish beef and berries are hosted on tables of Chinese families. The agreement to enter the Chinese marketplace was signed last year.
The state visit of the Polish president sends a affirmative signal that China and Poland are engaged in common benefits and beneficial cooperation for both parties, and cooperate to meet challenges. "We believe that the gathering of both heads of state will give a fresh impetus to the improvement of relations between both countries and between China and Europe," said the Chinese Ambassador.
Behind: Global Times (China)
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