{"id":4141,"date":"2026-04-14T08:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4141\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T08:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T08:35:38","slug":"leaders-of-china-spain-pledge-closer-ties-amid-crumbling-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4141\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders of China, Spain Pledge Closer Ties Amid ‘Crumbling’ World Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) – China \u2060and \u2060Spain pledged on Tuesday \u2060to deepen ties and safeguard global peace and development \u200bamid an international order that President Xi Jinping called “crumbling” in remarks during \u200ca meeting with Prime Minister \u200cPedro Sanchez in Beijing.<\/p>\n

The visit https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/spanish-premier-sanchez-heads-fourth-china-visit-risks-annoying-trump-2026-04-12\/ by Sanchez comes as many \u2060Western \u2060governments https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/carney-tells-davos-canada-strongly-opposes-tariffs-over-greenland-2026-01-20\/ are seeking to maintain ties with Beijing despite lingering \u200bsecurity and trade tension, as discomfort grows over the policies of key ally, U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

In “today’s world, chaos abounds, and the international order is \u200bcrumbling,” Xi said, adding that deeper ties were in the interests of \u2060both \u2060China and Spain.<\/p>\n

He urged \u2060stronger \u200bcommunication and trust to “uphold the rule of law, jointly defend genuine multilateralism, and \u200bsafeguard global peace \u2060and development”.<\/p>\n

Sanchez said international law was repeatedly being undermined, and called for closer ties to promote peace and prosperity.<\/p>\n

“It is more necessary today than ever, and so that together we can establish an even stronger \u2060bond between China and the European Union,” Sanchez said.<\/p>\n

The latest of his \u2060counterparts from Britain, Canada, Finland and Ireland to visit China this year, Sanchez has urged the world’s second biggest economy to take a larger https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/spanish-premier-urges-china-take-bigger-role-multipolar-order-2026-04-13\/ role on issues.<\/p>\n

These ranged from climate change to security, defence and the fight against inequality, he said on Monday, calling for Europe to redouble its efforts as the United States has decided to withdraw from many of these \u2060fronts.<\/p>\n

Spain has been one of Europe’s loudest proponents of expanding trade and treating China as a strategic ally, rather than the economic and geopolitical rival seen by Trump.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Mei Mei Chu \u200band the Beijing newsroom; Writing by Farah Master; Editing \u200bby Christian Schmollinger and Clarence Fernandez)<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n

Photos You Should See \u2013 April 2026<\/p>\n

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