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BEIJING, July 16-- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Monday, calling for closer partnership between China and the European Union (EU). "China and the EU are both builders of world peace, contributors to global development and defenders of the international order," Xi said when meeting with Tusk and Juncker at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Xi said China stands ready to work with the EU on the basis of mutual respect, fairness, justice and win-win cooperation, to make still further progress in the China-EU comprehensive strategic partnership and promote bilateral economic and social development and people's welfare. Xi noted that the Chinese side would always regard the EU as an important force for stability and development of the international structure. He advocated the two sides stick to the right path of the comprehensive strategic partnership, advance dialogue and cooperation in various areas, tap the potential for economic cooperation, explore new fields and modes for dialogue between the two civilizations, and enhance mutual understanding to lay a solid foundation for the partnership. The Chinese president stressed that China and the EU should make joint efforts to advance political resolution to international and regional hot-spot problems, and safeguard multilateralism, especially the status and role of the United Nations. | 
