EU External Relations Commissioner: China-EU summit may be held twice a year
“China and the EU are ‘very possible’ in the second half of the year to hold a summit respectively. We look forward to such an arrangement.” EU Commissioner for External Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner on March 29th, in Beijing told this reporter. Waldner visited to China, and with Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks respectively. According to her disclose, her main purpose of this trip is with China on the G20 summit in London and the upcoming China-EU summit to carry out consultation and preparation.
Group of Eight expressed that Social welfare policy is the element to deal with economic crisis
Xinhua on March 30th in Rome Electricity, Italian Minister of Social Welfare on 30th at the Group of Eight Conference of Ministers of Labor and Social Policy, said the current social welfare policies was an important part to deal with the global economic crisis, not only an important contributing factor in dealing with economic crisis, but also boosters to restore the economy. He said that social welfare policy was important because one of the important tasks to deal with the economic crisis was to help the people restore confidence in the future.
The United States planed a new relationship with Latin America
Visiting in Latin America, Vice-President of the United States Biden visited to Chile on 28th and attended the “summit for progressive governance.” Meanwhile, Biden met with the leaders of many leaders of Latin American countries, passed important informations of the hopes from the new government of the United States to start a dialogue with the Latin American countries and the cooperation. Biden said that in the face of complex issues, the United States required with Latin American countries at the basis of mutual respect to find common solutions. In the past, the United States were trying to “make things for Latin America”, and now is “to do things together with Latin America.”
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