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En febrero había calificado de 'errónea' The decision to impute 5 former Chinese leaders
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The investigation has stopped the political agenda of Spain in China, According to the ambassador
Las autoridades chinas agradecieron hoy "los esfuerzos" of the Spanish government in improving relations between the two countries, A day after the National Court file the cause against several former Chinese leaders for the alleged genocide in The Tibet.
"Acogemos con agrado los esfuerzos del Gobierno y sus departamentos competentes. China y España tienen una tradición de amistad y apoyan las preocupaciones del otro", Said the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hua Chunying.
Spanish magistrates decided yesterday to file the cause of Tibet, as well as the process related to the persecution of the followers of the religious group Falun Gong considering that they do not fit the Universal Justice Reform Approved in Spain in March.
"Estamos dispuestos a trabajar con España para avanzar hacia una asociación estratégica y completa", The spokeswoman added, who in February calificó de "decisión errónea" the International Search and Capture Order The judge of the Spanish National Court issued Ismael Moreno against five former Chinese leaders, Among them the former president Jiang Zemin.
La portavoz aseguró entonces que "confiaba en la sabiduría y la habilidad" of the Spanish government to deal like this and said that Beijing and Madrid mantenían "un estrecho contacto".
In fact, Critics with the reform of universal justice defend that the trigger for the change in the regulations was precisely this case and that of death between 1999 and 2002 Falun Gong followers, spiritual practice prohibited by China.
The arrest warrant against the five former Chinese leaders and the open causes have stopped the political agenda of Spain in China and vice versa, As recently assured the Spanish ambassador to Beijing, Manuel Valencia.
"Lógicamente, (The case) ha producido una dosis de incomodidad y frena contactos a nivel político", Valencia said about it.
However, ambos países han defendido que las relaciones bilaterales "siguen siendo buenas".
in 2014, both the president Xi Jinping Like the Prime Minister Li Keqiang They have made official trips to Europa, where they have visited countries such as France, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom o Greece, But they have not gone through Spain.
These trips, Together with the visits that several European leaders have made this year to China, They have promoted the signature of multimillion -dollar agreements and investments by the Asian giant towards these countries.
