
中國國家主席習近平與英國新任首相貝安德首次通話,雙方談及經貿合作、香港議題及英國鋼鐵公司等分歧。
中國國家主席習近平週二與英國新任首相貝安德舉行首次公開通話。雙方探討擴大科技與金融等領域合作,貝安德亦提及香港黎智英案、人權及國內安全等分歧議題。
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中國國家主席習近平與英國新任首相貝安德進行首次通話,延續前首相施紀賢改善關係但保留分歧的路線。
中國國家主席習近平週二(9月8日)與英國新任首相貝安德(Andy Burnham)通電話。據中國外交部發佈的官方通稿,此次通話是貝安德出任英國首相以來,兩國領導人首次公開已知的對話;中方稱通話是應貝安德邀請而舉行。
通話基調積極。習近平祝賀貝安德就任英國首相,並表示,儘管兩國社會制度和國情不同,但共同利益大於分歧。雙方應互尊互信、超越分歧、求同存異,做大互利合作的「蛋糕」。
官方新華社援引習近平的話稱,兩國應在科技、教育、醫療衛生和金融等領域擴大合作。
通稿還引述貝安德表示,「願將雙邊關係恢復到歷史最高水平」,更好造福兩國人民。然而,唐寧街10號發佈的通話紀要中,並未出現「恢復到歷史最高水平」的措辭。英方僅提及,雙方討論了英中關係中的機遇,包括促進經濟增長、提高兩國人民的生活水平。
此外,貝安德還就尼泊爾與西藏邊境近期洪災中的遇難者表達「誠摯哀悼」,並對救援工作以及向受影響英國公民提供的支持表示感謝。
通話並非只談合作,分歧也有涉及。
唐寧街發言人表示,貝安德承諾將「就對兩國都重要的議題進行坦率、建設性的接觸」,並提出了國內安全、俄羅斯在烏克蘭的戰爭、香港、人權以及特別重要的領事案件。
英國報聯社(PA)報導稱,貝安德在通話中提及香港民主運動人士黎智英被拘留一事。
黎智英案已在香港法院被裁定「串謀勾結外國或境外勢力」以及「串謀發布煽動刊物」罪名成立,並被判囚20年。
批評者一直向工黨施壓,要求其對中國採取更強硬的立場,涉及維吾爾族人的待遇、英國公民黎智英被監禁等問題。據了解,貝安德在會談中提出了這些問題。
在經貿層面,習近平對貝安德表示,希望英國能「充分保護中國投資者的合法權益」。此言很可能針對英國政府於7月將英國鋼鐵公司(British Steel)收歸國有一事。該公司原由中國企業敬業鋼鐵(Jingye Steel)持有。
中國商務部當時反對這一做法,指責英國「強行」接管該公司,「以國家安全為藉口」。敬業鋼鐵要求賠償,並威脅對英國政府採取法律行動。
近年來,英國一直試圖減少對中國的依賴,最明顯的例子是禁止華為參與其 5G 網絡,並將能源巨頭中廣核(CGN)從欣克利角(Hinkley Point)核電項目中移除。這些因素曾令中英關係持續緊張。
不過,今年以來中英關係有所回暖。部分原因是英國前首相施紀賢爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)今年1月仍然在任時訪問北京。施紀賢成為八年來首位訪華的英國首相,此行簽署了12項合作協議,並就中國下調威士忌關稅達成協議。當時,中國同意將免簽安排擴大至英國公民,並將威士忌關稅減半。
貝安德於7月上任,接替辭職的施紀賢。施紀賢在任內主導了與北京謹慎改善關係的初期階段。本次通話的措辭顯示,貝安德延續了前任對北京的路線:與中國這個世界第二大經濟體「在可以之處合作」,但在分歧領域「在必須之處挑戰」。

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