Xi Jinping Welcomes Giorgia Meloni | Meloni vows to 'relaunch' ties with China | News LIVE | N18G

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at Diaoyutai State House during her first official visit to the country since taking office. As she sat for talks with President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called China an “important interlocutor” of the world. Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to “relaunch“ relations with China as she began her first visit to Beijing since taking office. Meloni is on a visit to China where she has sought to reset Italy’s bilateral relationship with the country. The visit comes months after she pulled Italy out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Earlier on Sunday, she met Premier Li Qiang and the two signed a three-year economic agreement. She said the visit would “relaunch our bilateral cooperation”. A day after she met Li, Meloni on Monday sat with President Xi for talks at Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, according to AFP. Meloni told Xi that the two countries must think togethe