China's Xi congratulates Merz on election as German chancellor
China's President Xi Jinping congratulated Friedrich Merz on Tuesday after he was elected chancellor by the German parliament, Chinese state media reported on Wednesday.
Xi said that as the world's second- and third-largest economies and major countries with global influence, China and Germany should deepen their cooperation and jointly promote economic globalisation, the report added.
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