German Foreign Minister Intends to Mediate the US-China Conflict

During the EU presidency from July 1, Germany must take efforts to prevent the world splitting into areas of interest between the United States and China, Heiko Mas said. During the six-month presidency of the European Union in the second half of this year, Germany intends to take efforts and resolve the conflict between the United States and China, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said. "In particular, we Europeans cannot be interested that the discord between China and the United States becomes insurmountable," he said in an interview with Funke media groups on Monday, June 1. Mas called for preventing the world splitting into areas of interest between China and the United States. In resolving this problem, is especially necessary Germany’s mediation, which from July 1 will take on the role of the EU President, he said. The German minister also confirmed that the planned EU-PRC summit will be held in September. “There are many important topics that we need to discuss with China,” he pointed out. One of the Europeans’ goals, according to Mas, will be to convince the Chinese side commit themselves to protecting the climate and fair global competition.