国内英语新闻:China to strengthen cooperation with EU to meet global challenges: Chinese FM

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- China is willing to join hands with the European Union (EU) to promote the healthy development of China-EU relations and strengthen cooperation to meet global challenges including the refugee crisis, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday night.

Wang made the remarks during his meeting with High Representative Federica Mogherini of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the sidelines of a series of UN General Assembly high-level events.

Wang said China and the EU successfully held their annual summit not long ago and have reached many important consensus, injecting fresh momentum into China-EU relations.

China hopes that the EU can fulfill its obligations under Article 15 of the Protocol on China's accession to WTO as scheduled, and properly handle important sensitive issues concerning China's core interests, said Wang.

Article 15 requires WTO members to stop using an alternative calculation method in anti-dumping investigations against China after Dec. 11, 2016.

For her part, Mogherini said the EU would take the opportunity of G20 Hangzhou Summit and EU-China annual summit to promote a dynamic growth of EU-China relations.

Noting that China is an important member of the United Nations, Mogherini said the EU would like to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China and is glad to see China playing an active role in this regard.

The EU is stepping up its coordinated effort to fulfill its obligations under Article 15, and the EU's stance on Tibet-related issues has not changed, said Mogherini.

The two sides also exchanged views on issues of Afghanistan and Syria as well as the Iranian nuclear issue.