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Chinese President Xi Jinping urged closer ties with Italy from a "historical perspective" during talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Beijing on July 29, 2024. Meloni, who has led a right-wing government since 2022, is in China seeking to improve trade ties with Beijing after Rome exited Xi's flagship Belt and Road infrastructure investment scheme in 2023.
