China, France hold 27th strategic dialogue

China's top diplomat Wang Yi co-chaired the 27th China-France Strategic Dialogue with Emmanuel Bonne, diplomatic adviser to the French President, in Hangzhou on Wednesday.



Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, said that over the past year, China-France relations have achieved new progress under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, with close exchanges at all levels, steadily advanced practical cooperation, and increasingly close multilateral coordination.



Wang said China and France, both permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and independent major countries, should build a more strategically stable and forward-looking China-France relationship, serving the long-term interests of the two peoples, and fulfilling the international responsibilities that China and France are obliged to uphold.