习近平会见爱尔兰总理马丁

1月5日上午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华进行正式访问的爱尔兰总理马丁。新华社记者 李响 摄

1月5日上午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华进行正式访问的爱尔兰总理马丁。

习近平指出,中国和爱尔兰都爱好和平、开放包容、自立进取,两国人民通过斗争赢得国家独立和民族解放,依靠几代人接续奋斗迈向现代化。2012年两国建立互惠战略伙伴关系以来,双边贸易额翻了两番,相互投资均衡发展,两国人民双向奔赴,助力各自国家发展。相互尊重、平等相待、互利共赢是中爱关系长期稳定发展的宝贵经验,双方要共同传承和弘扬。中方愿同爱尔兰加强战略沟通,深化政治互信,扩大务实合作,为两国人民谋福祉,为中欧关系添动力。

习近平强调,中爱双方要保持多层级、多领域友好交往,不断增进沟通和理解,照顾彼此核心利益和重大关切,巩固政治互信,筑牢双边关系政治基础。今年是中国“十五五”开局之年,未来5年中方将继续推动高质量发展,扩大高水平对外开放。中方愿同爱方加强经贸合作,在人工智能、数字经济、医药健康等领域对接发展战略,促进双向投资,实现优势互补,共享机遇、共同发展。双方要加强教育、文化、旅游合作,促进民心相通,欢迎更多爱尔兰青少年来华学习交流。

习近平指出,当今世界变乱交织,单边霸凌行径严重冲击国际秩序。各国都应尊重他国人民自主选择的发展道路,遵守国际法及联合国宪章宗旨和原则,大国尤应带头。中国和爱尔兰都支持多边主义,倡导国际公平正义,要在国际事务中加强协调合作,共同维护联合国权威,推动全球治理体系朝着更加公正合理的方向发展。中欧双方要着眼长远,坚持伙伴关系定位,客观理性看待和处理分歧,坚持合作共赢。爱尔兰下半年将担任欧盟轮值主席国,希望为中欧关系健康稳定发展发挥建设性作用。

1月5日上午,国家主席习近平在北京人民大会堂会见来华进行正式访问的爱尔兰总理马丁。新华社记者 燕雁 摄

马丁表示,爱尔兰和中国有着深厚长久的友谊,两国经贸合作不断加强,人文交流日益密切。2012年习近平主席成功访爱,为近年来爱中互惠战略伙伴关系打下坚实基础。中国卓有成效制定并实施国家长远发展战略,取得重大成就,令人敬佩。爱尔兰坚定奉行一个中国政策,致力于加强和发展两国互惠战略伙伴关系,愿同中方深化贸易、投资、科技、生物医药、可再生能源、人工智能、教育等领域合作。中国在国际事务中发挥着不可或缺的重要作用,为维护联合国权威、促进世界和平作出积极贡献。任何国际争端的解决都应遵守国际法。爱尔兰愿同中方保持密切沟通协调,维护国际法,坚持自由开放贸易,促进世界繁荣稳定。欧中关系保持稳定发展十分重要,爱方愿为推动欧中关系健康发展发挥建设性作用。

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Xi meets Taoiseach of Ireland Micheal Martin

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Taoiseach of Ireland Micheal Martin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

BEIJING, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to strengthen strategic communication with Ireland, deepen political mutual trust and expand pragmatic cooperation to benefit the peoples of both countries and add momentum to China-EU relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday.

Xi made the remarks when meeting with Taoiseach of Ireland Micheal Martin in Beijing. The Irish prime minister is on an official visit to China from Jan. 4 to 8.

Both China and Ireland cherish peace, embrace openness and inclusiveness, and strive for self-reliance and progress, Xi said, adding that the Chinese and Irish people won national independence and liberation through struggles and are advancing toward modernization through sustained efforts of successive generations.

Since the establishment of the China-Ireland strategic partnership for mutually beneficial cooperation in 2012, bilateral trade volume has quadrupled, with a balanced development in mutual investment, he noted.

Xi said the two countries should maintain friendly exchanges at multiple levels and across diverse fields, continuously enhance communication and mutual understanding, accommodate each other's core interests and major concerns, consolidate political mutual trust, and solidify the political foundation of bilateral relations.

Over the next five years, China will continue to promote high-quality development and expand high-standard opening up. Xi said China is willing to strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Ireland, align development strategies in fields such as artificial intelligence, digital economy, and medicine and healthcare, promote two-way investment, leverage each other's strengths, share opportunities and pursue common development.

The two sides should enhance cooperation in education, culture and tourism to foster greater people-to-people affinity, and China welcomes more Irish youth to come to China for study and exchanges, Xi said.

In a world beset with changes and chaos, unilateral and bullying acts are severely undermining the international order, Xi said. All countries should respect the development paths chosen by the peoples of other nations, and abide by international law as well as the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, he said, stressing that major countries should particularly take the lead in doing so.

As China and Ireland support multilateralism and advocate international fairness and justice, the two countries should strengthen coordination and cooperation in international affairs, and jointly maintain the authority of the United Nations and make the global governance system more just and equitable, he said.

Xi said China and the EU should bear the long-term picture in mind, uphold the positioning of partnership, and view and handle differences objectively and rationally to work for win-win cooperation.

As Ireland will hold the rotating EU presidency in the second half of this year, China hopes Ireland will play a constructive role in promoting the healthy and stable development of China-EU relations, the Chinese president said.

Highlighting a profound and long-lasting friendship between the two countries, the Irish prime minister said Xi's successful visit to Ireland in 2012 had laid a solid foundation for the development of the Ireland-China strategic partnership for mutually beneficial cooperation in recent years.

Martin said Ireland firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and is committed to developing the strategic partnership for mutually beneficial cooperation.

Ireland is willing to deepen cooperation with China in trade, investment, science and technology, biomedicine, renewable energy, artificial intelligence, education and other fields, he said.

Martin commended China's indispensable and important role in international affairs and its positive contributions to upholding the authority of the UN and promoting world peace.

He said that any international dispute should be settled in conformity with international law, and Ireland is willing to maintain close communication and coordination with China, safeguard international law, uphold free and open trade, and promote world prosperity and stability.

Noting that the stable development of EU-China relations is of great significance, Martin said the Irish side is willing to play a constructive role in promoting the healthy development of EU-China relations. ■

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Taoiseach of Ireland Micheal Martin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 5, 2026. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)