On the afternoon of September 9, 2024, President Xi Jinping met with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who is on an official visit to China, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
Xi Jinping asked Jonas Gahr Støre to convey his regards to King Harald V. Xi Jinping pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Norway 70 years ago, the two peoples have respected, appreciated and learned from each other, forging a valuable friendship. Further developing China-Norway friendly cooperation is consistent with the will of the two peoples, the fundamental interests of the two countries, and an overall trend of maintaining closer ties among countries in the world to share weal and woe. Today's world is going through rapid and profound changes unseen in a century, which are testing whether the international community can make the right choice. China will continue to follow the path of peaceful development. Through further deepening reform comprehensively to advance Chinese modernization, China will inject stability and certainty into a world fraught with changes and turbulence and create more opportunities for the common development of all countries. China is ready to work with Norway to push for continuous development of bilateral friendly cooperation.
Xi Jinping stressed that a review of the 70-year history of China-Norway relations shows that friendship and cooperation are the defining features. Xi Jinping said, "Historical experience tells us that to maintain the steady and sound development of bilateral relations, the most important thing is to respect each other, seek common ground while shelving differences, including respecting each other's core interests and accommodating each other's major concerns." The two countries' economies are highly complementary and have seen fruitful cooperation outcomes in various fields. He called on the two sides to, based on their respective strengths, expand practical cooperation in fields such as environmental protection, energy transition, maritime affairs and shipping, agricultural and fishery products, and electric vehicles, strengthen cooperation in education, science and technology, culture, tourism, winter sports and other fields, and increase personnel exchanges, especially among young people. China and Norway share extensive consensus on maintaining world peace and security, addressing climate change, protecting biodiversity and tackling other global challenges. China is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Norway at the United Nations and on other multilateral platforms, practice true multilateralism, and promote an equal and orderly multipolar world and a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization. China hopes that Norway will play a positive role in promoting the sound and steady development of relations between China and Europe.
Jonas Gahr Støre conveyed King Harald V's cordial greetings to President Xi Jinping. He said that Norway was one of the first Nordic countries to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Norway and China 70 years ago, the two countries have witnessed sound development of bilateral relations and the two sides have conducted dialogue and cooperation in a manner of mutual respect. Norway respects China's sovereignty, firmly pursues the one-China policy, and is willing to continue to work with China to respect each other's core interests and major concerns, engage in mutual learning and exchanges, and foster mutual benefit and win-win cooperation. China's development is full of vitality and has much successful experience worth learning from. Norway looks forward to expanding cooperation with China, especially in such fields as green development, climate change response, maritime affairs and shipping, agriculture, fishery and aquaculture industries, new energy vehicles and artificial intelligence. China plays an important role in addressing many global challenges facing the world today and tackling major international issues concerning international peace and security. Norway supports free trade, and is willing to strengthen communication and cooperation with China within the G20 and other multilateral frameworks and supports closer cooperation between Europe and China.
The two sides had an exchange of views on the Ukraine crisis and other hotspot issues. Xi Jinping stressed that China encourages and supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis, and will continue to promote peace talks and play a constructive role in promoting the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis. Xi Jinping expressed the hope that all parties will work together to accumulate favorable conditions for the political settlement of the crisis through dialogue.
Wang Yi was present at the meeting.
