Germany "Russia attracts Asian war"...China "Cooperation even if you have a disagreement"

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited China and met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to point out China's support for Russia.

According to Reuters and other foreign media, Minister Baerbock and Minister Wang exchanged views on the war in Ukraine during their three-hour talks in Beijing.

"Chinese factory-made drones and North Korean troops threaten peace in the middle of Europe and violate our core security interests," Baerbock told a news conference after the meeting with Wang.

"The Russian president is not only destroying the peace order in Europe with the war against Ukraine, but is now bringing Asia into the war through North Korea," he stressed.

Baerbock said he and his Chinese counterpart discussed the situation in depth that it could not benefit China either.

China's foreign ministry says Wang has provided a comprehensive explanation of the Chinese side's mediation position to Minister Baerbock regarding the Ukraine issue.

"There are differences and differences between China and Germany, but those differences should not interfere with cooperation, and should not be a reason for confrontation," Wang told Bearbock, according to the ministry's announcement.

"In the midst of a turbulent international situation, powerful countries should focus and maintain stability in relations," he said. "China and Germany, the world's second and third largest economies, should resist external risks and respond to global challenges."

The foreign ministers of the two countries also shared opinions on tariffs imposed by the European Union and the EU on Chinese electric vehicles.

"Germany supports the EU and China to continue negotiating the issue of countervailing tariffs on electric vehicles and is working to find a solution that is acceptable to both sides," Baerbock said of the imposition of tariffs on electric vehicles from China.

In response, Wang argued that "competition should be fair," and that "the EU's imposition of high subsidy countervailing tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles violates the principles of fair competition and free trade."

The European Commission, an EU executive, has raised tariffs on electric vehicles exported from China to the EU to a maximum of 45.3% on October 30 from 10% previously through an anti-subsidy survey.

However, the EU and China continue to negotiate on the so-called "price agreement" that requires Chinese companies to set a lower limit on sales and export them to Europe instead of paying tariffs.