Italy Prime Minister Meloni visited China with the intention of repairing Sino-Italian relations
preface
In recent years, the international situation has changed, and diplomatic relations between countries are also inextricably linked and complicated. Against this backdrop, the foreign policy decisions of various countries are particularly important, and every move may have a far-reaching impact on the country's international status and national interests.
Recently, a piece of news about Italy Prime Minister Meloni has attracted widespread attention. It is reported that Meloni will pay an official visit to the eastern powers, which is undoubtedly a high-profile diplomatic move. Meloni has received some criticism for some foreign policy decisions before, what is the intention of her visit to China? What will be the impact on the relationship between China and Italy? Let's take a look at this high-profile diplomatic event.
1. Meloni's previous diplomatic choices
To understand Meloni's intentions in this visit, it is necessary to review some of her previous diplomatic choices. Meloni's foreign policy decisions have been controversial, especially on the Belt and Road Initiative.
Back in 2019, Italy was the first European country to join the Belt and Road Initiative, which was undoubtedly a major event and a landmark diplomatic move. Just when Italy was about to officially join the Belt and Road Initiative, United States put pressure on Italy to withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative in the hope that Italy would withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative, and Meloni finally chose to listen to United States's advice and withdraw from the Belt and Road Initiative.
Meloni's approach at that time was undoubtedly to curry favor with United States, hoping to gain United States support and help in this way. Surprisingly, despite Italy's withdrawal from the Belt and Road Initiative, the United States did not give Italy any substantial benefits, much to Meloni's embarrassment.
2. Meloni's diplomatic embarrassment
Shortly after Italy withdrew from the Belt and Road Initiative, the G7 summit was held as scheduled, and Meloni, as Italy's prime minister, should naturally attend this summit. When Meloni appeared at the G7 summit, she found that she seemed to be "superfluous".
At the G7 summit, other member states seemed to stay away from Meloni, and they communicated with the leaders of other countries, but Meloni seemed a little "lonely", and even on some occasions, the leaders of other countries simply regarded Meloni as a "transparent person" and directly ignored her existence.
Naturally, Meloni was embarrassed by this situation, and she may have only realized at this time that she had made the wrong bet. In order to curry favor with United States, she desperately withdrew from the Belt and Road Initiative, but she did not get the recognition and support of the United States, but the international status of the Italy was affected to a certain extent, which is undoubtedly a choice that "outweighs the loss".
3. What is Meloni's intention to visit China?
In the face of the current embarrassing situation, Meloni naturally did not want Sino-Italian relations to end hastily, and she began to seek cooperation with the eastern powers, hoping to repair Sino-Italian relations in this way and obtain some substantive cooperation results.
It is reported that one of the main purposes of Meloni's visit to China is to negotiate with the eastern powers on some specific cooperation projects, such as the establishment of an electric vehicle factory in Italy. It can be said that Meloni's visit to China is undoubtedly full of sincerity, and she hopes to inject some "positive energy" into the development of China-Italy relations through her own efforts.
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