ROME/BEJING (Reuters) -Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi backed an Italian plan to propose a global ceasefire to the United Nations ahead of next year’s Milano-Cortina winter Olympics, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
Tajani spoke to reporters after a meeting between the two ministers in Rome.
Statements from the Chinese foreign ministry on the meeting did not address the global ceasefire plan but quoted Wang as saying China is ready to work with Italy as a constructive force in maintaining peace, stability and development, and building a more equitable and reasonable global governance system.
Wang on Thursday met with Italian President Sergio Mattarella.
The two sides “agreed to maintain communication on the political resolution of the Ukraine crisis,” according to a separate Chinese readout of the meeting.
China is willing to work with Italy to shoulder due responsibility for world peace, Wang told the Italian president.
China was also willing to provide a fair, transparent, non-discriminatory and predictable business environment to encourage more two-way investment among enterprises from both countries, one of the ministry statements said.
(Reporting by Gianluca Semeraro in Rome and Liz Lee in Beijing; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
