The 11th summit of the European Union and China to be held in Prague will be "a milestone" in the development of relations between the two, top Chinese and EU diplomats said in Brussels on Tuesday.
The summit will be "a milestone in our common journey" for a "new global order, ways to tackle the global recession, promote peace and save the planet," Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, told a seminar on EU-China relations.
"Never has the world confronted such a complex and inter-linked set of security, economic and environmental challenges as we witness today. We live in an age where global threats require global solutions," she said. "China is one of our most important partners to meet the challenges of today and of tomorrow," she said.
"The Chinese development model, which has achieved more in 30 years than has been achieved in two centuries, is a globalization success story not a globalization scare story." Also speaking at the seminar, which was organized by the European think-tank Friends of Europe, Chinese Ambassador to the EU Song Zhe said the EU-China summit in Prague will be an event important for both sides.
"Under the storm of the financial crisis, we all understand better that our cooperation means a lot to us and to the world," he said.
Source: China Radio International
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