The French President, Emmanuel Macron, He said in comments published on Sunday that Europe had no interest in an acceleration of the crisis on Taiwan and that it should pursue a strategy independent of both Washington Like from Beijing.
Macron has just returned from a three-day state visit to Chinawhere he received a warm welcome from the president Xi Jinping. China launched maneuvers around Taiwan on Saturday in a sign of anger over President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with the Speaker of the Taiwan House of Representatives on Wednesday. USA, kevin mccarthy.
China considers taiwan as part of its territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island of democratic government under its control. The Taiwanese government strongly opposes the Chinese claims.
Macron said Europe should not hasten the conflict but take the time to build its position as the third pole between China and the United States, speaking to French daily Les Echos and Politico during his visit to China.
“The worst thing would be to think that we Europeans should become followers on this issue and adapt to the American pace or a Chinese overreaction.” Politico quoted him.
Europe must better finance its defense industry, develop nuclear power and renewable energy and reduce dependence on the US dollar to limit its dependence on the United States, both media quoted him as saying.
The joint interview took place on a flight between Beijing and the city of Guangzhou on Friday.
On Friday, a Macron adviser told reporters in Guangzhou that Xi and Macron had a “dense and frank” discussion on the Taiwan issue during their meetings.
“The president’s feeling is that we have to be careful that there is not an accident or an escalation of tensions (that could lead) to the Chinese going on the offensive,” said the adviser Elysium.
Macron traveled to China with a delegation of 50 businessmen, including Airbus and nuclear power producer EDF, who signed agreements during the visit.
Source: EFE Agency.
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