24. Feb 2009
China-EU summit re-scheduled
(DPA) A China-EU summit, which had been cancelled by Beijing in December 2008, will be held in Prague in May 2009, EU officials said. Beijing withdrew from the summit after a meeting between French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who then held the rotating EU presidency, and the Dalai Lama. The current Czech EU presidency suggested the meeting to be held in Prague in mid-May, officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA). While the dates have not been confirmed officially by Beijing, both sides agreed during a visit of Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Brussels in January to hold the summit before 01 July when the EU presidency passes to Sweden.