Foreign minister’s second trip to Europe in two months comes as Beijing and Rome seek closer cooperation after Sinochem case dismissed

Wang would attend the 12th joint meeting of the China-Italy government committee and the fourth round of the China-Switzerland foreign ministers’ strategic dialogue, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

His trip follows the extension of an olive branch by Rome to state-backed Chinese group Sinochem International Corp, the main shareholder in Italian tyremaker Pirelli.

The decision lowers the odds that Italy would sanction Sinochem under the country’s so-called “golden power” law.

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