France seeks to repair relations with China
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Thursday, February 5 that his country hopes to deepen its relations with China, which have become strained due to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy with the Dalai Lama.
“We need China and the world needs China to overcome the recession,” Fillon said in parliament.
relations between the two countries are at their lowest, after Mr Sarkozy refused to cancel his meeting with the Dalai Lama in December.
Beijing then postponed a summit meeting with European Union (EU) would have to hold the first December in France, a country which is holding the rotating EU presidency.
Fillon said that Tibet is part of China. But he insisted, saying that the French President has the right to meet the Dalai Lama.
“For us, this incident had no effect on our desire to strengthen our strategic partnership with China”.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin, former French Prime Minister will visit China this week to improve bilateral relations.
China, which has said it to France to repair relations with Beijing, agreed with the EU hold a summit soon after the G20 meeting in London April 2.
La France was excluded from the recent European visit of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
“We all know the reason,” said Wen, when asked why he had failed to travel to France during his visit, reported China News Service.
“I looked at a map of Europe on board the aircraft. My journey has been all around France, “said Wen.
“The reason (not to visit France) does not lie in China,” he told a group of journalists.
He called Paris to “repair and improve its relations” with China.
January 27 to February 2, Premier Wen Jiabao paid successive visits to Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Great Britain.
法国试图修复与中国的关系
法国总理菲永表示，2009年2月5日，他的国家希望深化与中国，这已成为紧张将会见达赖法国总统萨科齐的关系。
“我们需要中国，世界需要中国，以克服经济衰退，”菲永在国会表示。
两国关系正处于最低水平，在萨尔科齐拒绝取消在12月他与达赖喇嘛会晤。
北京然后推迟了与欧洲联盟（欧盟）首脑会议将在法国举行的第12月，一个国家是欧盟轮值主席国。
菲永说，西藏是中国的一部分。但他坚持说，法国总统有权会见达赖喇嘛。
“对我们来说，这一事件并没有对我们渴望加强与中国的战略伙伴关系”的效果。
拉法兰，法国前总理将访问中国这个星期改善双边关系。
中国，这表示法国修补与北京的关系，与欧盟同意后举办伦敦4月2日20国集团首脑会议很快。
拉法被排除在最近国务院总理温家宝欧洲之行。
“我们都知道的原因，”温家宝说，当问他为什么没有在他前往法国访问，报道中国新闻社。
“我看着在欧洲地图上的飞机。我的历程，全方位法国了，“温家宝说。
“原因（而不是访问法国），不在于中国，”他告诉一群记者。
他呼吁巴黎“修复和改善与中国的关系”。
1月二十七日至2月2日，温家宝总理相继访问瑞士，德国，比利时，西班牙和英国。
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