Investing.com -- China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday that relations with Britain are normalizing, as he welcomed UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper to Beijing for high-level talks aimed at improving cooperation between the two nations.
Wang told Cooper that exchanges and cooperation across all fields have fully resumed and are steadily returning to normal, adding that both sides should value this development. He called on Britain to provide Chinese companies with a fair and non-discriminatory business environment and to reasonably define security boundaries.
Cooper is the most high-profile UK official to visit Beijing since Prime Minister Keir Starmer traveled to China in January. That trip was designed to thaw relations that had deteriorated over issues including Beijing’s alleged human rights abuses and allegations of spying.
China’s plans for a new embassy near the Tower of London were delayed for years amid political objections before being approved by Starmer’s government earlier this year.
Cooper told Wang that the UK is willing to manage differences with China constructively and deepen cooperation in trade, finance, energy, artificial intelligence and climate change.
Cooper will visit Shenzhen on Wednesday before traveling to India. Her meetings with Chinese officials were expected to focus on global challenges including the situation in the Strait of Hormuz, war in Ukraine and the Ebola outbreak in Africa, the UK government said before her trip.
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