China's Xi meets EU leaders via video link

Chinese President and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping held talks on Friday with EU leaders.Xi spoke with European Council President Charles Michel, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell via video link.The talks were held after a virtual meeting between the EU leaders and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang earlier on Friday.

Chinese state media reported that Xi told the EU that the two sides should "play a constructive role on China-EU relations and major issues concerning global peace and development, as well as provide some stabilising factors to a turbulent world".A Chinese foreign ministry official said after a first round of talks involving premier Li Keqiang that the two sides "agreed to work together to maintain peace, stability and prosperity in the world".