(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 8 - Ongoing great changes across the world that would need require a climate of harmony that is today missing make bilateral relations particularly important and China is for Italy a "fundamental protagonist", President Sergio Mattarella said on Friday shortly before talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jiping in Beijing.
    In the world, "great changes, intense, deep and quick" are taking place that would require to be dealt with in a climate of "harmony to be jointly examined", said Mattarella.
    Unfortunately, today, there is no such climate globally which is also why it is "important for bilateral relations to exist" and China represents for Italy a "fundamental protagonist", noted the president.
    President Xi said at the beginning of the meeting with Mattarella at the Great Hall of the People that "China and Italy are great civilizations" and "changes unseen in a century" are taking place in the world.
    For this reason, the Chinese president noted, the two countries should work together "to solve divergences though dialogue" with the aim of "reaching an harmonious coexistence". (ANSA).