There was no move to raise the EU's 17-year arms embargo on China at the bilateral summit over the weekend which also touched upon issues such as China's status as a market economy and the conflict in the Sudanese Darfur region.
In a statement after the summit held in Helsinki on Saturday (9 September), Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged the EU to lift the 17-year-old arms sales ban at an early date.
"The Chinese side reiterated its view that lifting the arms embargo would be condu...
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