China's Xi congratulates Merz on election as German chancellor
FILE PHOTO: Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Cambodia's Senate President Hun Sen (not pictured) at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 17, 2025. Agence Kampuchea Press/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
BEIJING (Reuters) - 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.
(Reporting by Joe Cash; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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