习近平同法国总统马克龙通电话

新华社北京5月22日电　5月22日下午，国家主席习近平应约同法国总统马克龙通电话。

习近平指出，去年5月我访问法国，双方一致同意弘扬独立自主、相互理解、高瞻远瞩、互利共赢的中法建交精神，并为其赋予新的时代内涵。此后，中法合作又取得许多新进展。双方要加强战略沟通，凝聚共识。抓住机遇，深化投资、航空航天、核能等传统领域合作，拓展数字、绿色、生物医药、银发经济等新兴领域合作。增进人文交流，促进人民友好。

习近平强调，今年是世界反法西斯战争胜利和联合国成立80周年。中法同为联合国安理会常任理事国和独立自主大国，是战后国际秩序的缔造者、建设者，应该加强团结合作，共同维护联合国权威和地位，维护国际贸易规则和世界经济秩序，践行真正的多边主义。国际形势越是复杂，中法越要作出正确战略抉择，共同做维护国际秩序的可靠力量、促进全球增长的开放力量、引领多边合作的进步力量。

习近平指出，中方始终视欧洲为多极世界的独立一极，支持欧盟加强战略自主，在国际事务中发挥更重要作用，愿同欧方携手应对全球性挑战，达成更多既造福双方、也有利于世界的成果。

马克龙表示，法中、欧中关系至关重要，具有世界意义。无论国际形势如何变化，法方高度重视对华关系、坚定恪守一个中国原则的立场不会有任何改变。愿同中方加强经贸投资及各领域务实合作，保持双边关系良好发展势头，推动法中关系取得更大发展。面对快速变化的国际形势，法方愿同中方在重大问题上加强沟通协调，承担起联合国安理会常任理事国的责任，防止热点问题升级外溢，共同维护世界和地区和平稳定。欧中应进一步密切沟通对话，维护共同利益。

两国元首还就乌克兰危机、巴以冲突、伊朗核等共同关心的国际和地区问题深入交换了意见。

Xi urges China, France to be reliable forces for maintaining international order

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday urged China and France to be reliable forces for maintaining international order, open forces for promoting global growth and progressive forces for guiding multilateral cooperation.

Speaking to French President Emmanuel Macron over phone, Xi called on China and France to jointly safeguard the UN authority and status, defend international trade rules and world economic order, and practice true multilateralism.

Xi noted that during his visit to France in May last year, the two sides agreed to carry forward the spirit of China-France diplomatic ties -- characterized by independence, mutual understanding, strategic vision and win-win cooperation -- and to enrich it with new meaning in the context of our times. Since then, China-France cooperation has made much new progress, he said.

The two sides should enhance strategic communication and build greater consensus, Xi said, calling for efforts to seize opportunities to deepen cooperation in traditional areas such as investment, aerospace and nuclear energy, while expanding cooperation in emerging sectors including digital economy, green development, biomedicine and the silver economy.

He also stressed the need to enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges and promote friendship between the two peoples.

Xi emphasized that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. As permanent members of the UN Security Council and independent major countries, Xi said, both China and France were founders and builders of the post-war international order, while urging the two countries to strengthen solidarity and cooperation.

The more complex the international situation becomes, he added, the more China and France need to make the right strategic choice.

The Chinese president said that China has always viewed Europe as an independent pole in a multipolar world, and supported the European Union (EU) in enhancing its strategic autonomy and playing a more important role in international affairs.

China is ready to work with the EU to tackle global challenges and deliver more outcomes that benefit both sides and the world at large, he added.

For his part, Macron said France-China relations and EU-China relations are of vital importance and of global significance.

No matter how the international situation evolves, France attaches great importance to its relations with China and remains firmly committed to the one-China principle, he said.

France is willing to deepen practical cooperation with China in trade, investment and various fields, maintain the positive momentum of bilateral ties and promote greater progress in France-China relations, said Macron.

Facing the rapidly changing international situation, the French president said his country is willing to enhance communication and coordination with China on major issues, shoulder the responsibilities as permanent members of the UN Security Council to prevent the escalation and spillover of hotspot issues, and jointly safeguard global as well as regional peace and stability.

The EU and China should further enhance communication and dialogue to safeguard common interests, he added.

Xi and Macron also held in-depth discussions on international and regional issues of mutual concern, including the Ukraine crisis, the Israel-Palestine conflict and the Iranian nuclear issue. ■