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MNI BRIEF: China Says Will Continue Working With EU On Ukraine

MNI (Beijing)

China will continue to work with the EU and international community to play a constructive role to ease the situation in Ukraine, Premier Li Keqiang said at the summit with EU leaders on Friday, accoriding to a statement issued by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The statement said Beijing upholds international law and widely-recognized norms governing international relations, including those on sovereignty, territorial integrity and equality between countries irrespective of size, and settling disagreements and conflicts through dialogue and negotiation, Li said, according to the statement.

Li hopes that China and the EU remain open to each other and that EU will provide sound environment to Chinese businesses investing and developing in Europe, the statement said. EU and China officials are meeting Friday in the latest bilateral summit, with the crisis in Ukraine likely to dominate events.

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