French president Macron to visit China next week

French President Emmanuel Macron will be on a two-day visit to China to discuss on a wide variety of issues, with Syria and North Korea being on top priorities. According to local media reports, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that the French president will visit the country from



January 8-10.

It would be the very first time that Macron would be visiting China, after coming to power in May last year. The French President has already met with the Chinese president Xi Jinping during the G20 summit in Hamburg in July last year.