The 15th China-EU summit in Brussels has opened with discord. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called on the EU to lift its arms embargo against Beijing and grant free market status to the world's second largest economy.
Chinese Premier Wen told European leaders on Thursday that although the two sides had no "major conflict of interest," little progress had been made toward resolving disagreements over the EU arms embargo against Beijing and granting China full-fledged status as a market economy.
"I have to be very frank in saying this," Wen said. "But the solution has been elusive over the past 10 years. I deeply regret this and I hope the EU side will take greater initiative to solve these issues."
European Union member states imposed the arms embargo against Beijing after the Communist Party government brutally suppressed pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. France and Spain have called for the embargo to be reviewed, but the United Kingdom has refused to support a loosening of the sanctions.
Read more: Chinese premier calls on Europeans to lift arms embargo | News | DW.DE | 20.09.2012
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