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Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Friday called for collectively protecting open market and free markets with Switzerland.He made the
remarks during a meeting with Karin Keller-Sutter, president of the Swiss Confederation, and Guy Parmelin, vice president of the Federal
Council, in Geneva.Amid the present complex global situation, China and Switzerland must strengthen communication, work together to satisfy
challenges and collectively secure open market and open markets, stated He.He called for promoting substantive development in talks on an
upgrade of the Sino-Swiss free trade agreement (FTA) at an early date, and contributing to worldwide peace and stability and economic
prosperity.Keller-Sutter stated the Swiss side is willing to deal with China to take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
ties as a chance, jointly host the Switzerland-China Year of Culture and Tourism, actively perform exchanges at all levels and deepen useful
cooperation in numerous fields to press bilateral ties to a brand-new level.Parmelin said Switzerland supports multilateralism and open
market, and is all set to deal with China to speed up settlements on upgrading the FTA, intending to benefit the enterprises and the people
of both sides and protect worldwide commercial and supply chains.
