Solid foundations for China-Italy coop Xi tells Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 16 - There are "solid foundations" for China-Italy cooperation, President Xi JInping told Premier Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali Wednesday, according to China Central Television.
    China and Italy are ancient civilizations and global strategic partners "with broad common interests and solid foundations for cooperation", he said.
    "The two sides should inherit and carry on the tradition of friendship, understand and support core interests and major mutual concerns, seek common ground beyond differences, expand consensus, and set an example for countries with different social systems and cultural backgrounds to develop relations," Xi said. (ANSA).