On January 17, 2024, Chinese Premier Li Qiang meets Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at Farmleigh House, Ireland’s official guesthouse in Dublin, Ireland. [Photo/Xinhua]
Chinese Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday that China and Ireland should adhere to mutual interests and always regard each other as important cooperation partners and development opportunities.
Lee made the remarks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at Farmleigh House, Ireland’s official guest house in the Irish capital, Dublin.
Li said during the meeting that China and Ireland have maintained healthy and stable development of bilateral relations since the establishment of diplomatic relations 45 years ago.
Especially in recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Michael D. Higgins, the strategic partnership for mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Ireland has deepened, and exchanges and cooperation in various fields have continued. It is expanding and delivering tangible benefits. Two ethnic groups, Lee said.
Li said that China will work with Ireland to promote traditional friendly relations, strengthen political mutual trust, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, share development opportunities more fully, and bring more benefits to the two countries and peoples. He said he was prepared to bring
Mr. Li expressed China’s willingness to work with the Irish side to uphold mutual respect and trust, seek common ground while setting aside and resolve differences, deepen mutual understanding, and support each other on key issues. expressed.
He said China and Ireland will continue to expand trade, strengthen cooperation in areas such as green and low-carbon development, sustainable agriculture and finance, and promote innovation cooperation in digital economy, biomedicine and artificial intelligence. He said that Japan should expand its cooperation and expand the pie of cooperation.
Mr. Li said that in order to promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, China will apply a unilateral visa exemption policy to Ireland, expressing support for Ireland to provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese companies. He expressed his expectations.
He said China will strengthen coordination and cooperation with Ireland within the United Nations and other multilateral frameworks, practice true multilateralism, jointly address global challenges, and promote building a community with a shared future for mankind. He said he was eager to do so.
Mr Li said Ireland is expected to play a greater role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-Europe relations.
Mr Varadkar said China was an important cooperation partner for Ireland and the two countries had always maintained mutual respect and trust.
Ireland highly values China’s great achievements in economic and social development, added that it will always abide by the “one China” principle and hopes that China will achieve peaceful reunification at the earliest.
Mr Varadkar continued that Ireland stands ready to increase two-way investment with China, strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas such as agriculture, food, innovation and green development, and deepen people-to-people exchanges in education and culture. .
He said the Irish side would actively consider making it more convenient for Chinese nationals to visit Ireland, and welcomed more Chinese companies to invest and do business in Ireland. He added that he supports further deepening cooperation with China.
Prior to the meeting, Mr Lee attended a grand welcome ceremony held by Mr Varadkar and had an overview of the Irish Honor Guard.