Overview

• The EU’s foreign policy chief pressed Beijing to lift rare earth export restrictions to safeguard European industries and supply chains
• Kaja Kallas warned that Chinese firms’ support for Russia’s war in Ukraine poses a serious threat to European security and urged an immediate end to military-industrial assistance
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Europe to unite against unilateralism and cautioned against seeking confrontation over their disputes
• Both sides reaffirmed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime
• EU and Chinese leaders will reconvene in Beijing and Hefei on July 24-25 to translate these unresolved issues into concrete agreements