Leaders of France, Germany and China to meet in Paris

By Ayhan Simsek </p> <p>BERLIN (AA) – Leaders of Germany, France and China would discuss multilateralism, trade and international challenges during their meeting in Paris next week, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday. </p> <p>Speaking at a news conference in Brussels, Merkel said Tuesday’s meeting would be a good opportunity to discuss issues of common interest.</p> <p>“This is all about multilateral challenges that we want to discuss together with the Chinese President [Xi Jinping]. And I think it is going to be a good meeting,” she said. </p> <p>Merkel said their intention was not to establish a new format of talks between EU’s two major powers and China, and underlined that EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker would also join their meeting. </p> <p>China’s Jinping has began on Friday his six-day visit to Europe, including Italy, Monaco and France.