Serbia prepares warm welcome for Xi in contrast to China-EU tensions
by Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#6MMFD)
Chinese president hails two countries' friendship before his arrival, after visiting Pyrenees with Macron
Chinese flags adorned highways as Serbia got ready to give a home-from-home welcome to Xi Jinping, in contrasting to tensions on the first leg of the Chinese president's six-day European tour over a potential trade war with the EU.
Xi prepared for his arrival in Belgrade on Tuesday night by hitting out against Nato for its 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in the Serbian capital, in which three Chinese journalists were killed.
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