Europe live: China’s Xi Jinping greeted by Emmanuel Macron at Élysée Palace in Paris

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10m ago 05.14 EDT 'Our engagement is key', von der Leyen tells Xi Speaking in Paris, Ursula von der Leyen thanked Emmanuel Macron for convening the meeting. “I’m pleased to see you again,” von der Leyen told Xi Jinping. “The European Union and China want good relations, and given the global weight of China, our engagement is key to ensure mutual respect, to avoid misunderstanding, and to find solutions to global challenges,” the commission president said. “Both China and the European Union have a shared interest in peace and security, and in the effective functioning of the rules-based international order,”...