EU-China Leaders’ Meeting: Upholding EU values and interests at the highest level

The European Union and China held a Leaders’ Meeting via videoconference on 14 September 2020. An EU-China Leaders' meeting with the participation of leaders of all EU member states was initially scheduled to take place on this date. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Federal Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, for the Council Presidency, conducted the videoconference with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The meeting provided an opportunity to follow up on discussions at the 22^nd EU-China Summit (22 June). The meeting was important to  maintain the momentum of EU-China high-level exchanges in order to achieve concrete results in line with EU interests and values.

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