News about Peng Liyuan

French President Emmanuel Macron was snapped kissing the wife of China 's President on the hand as he welcomed the couple to a state banquet in Paris. Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan are currently undertaking a two-day state visit to France. As part of the trip, they attended a banquet at the Elysee Palace alongside other prolific figures including French composer and performance artist Jean Michelle Jarre and actor Salma Hayek. Ahead of the event, the Chinese couple posed with President Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron (pictured L-R: Brigitte and Emmanuel Macron pose with President Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan; Macron kisses Peng Liyuan on the hand in greeting).

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, landed at Paris Orly airport on Sunday afternoon and were welcomed by French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, landed at Paris Orly airport on Sunday afternoon and were welcomed by Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. He is in France for a controversial state visit in which President Emmanuel Macron is expected to push his counterpart to use his influence on Putin to move towards the end of the war in Ukraine. A key priority of Macron will be to warn Xi of the danger of backing Russia in its invasion of Ukraine , with Western officials concerned Moscow is already using Chinese machine tools in arms production. Xi's arrival for the visit, which marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between France and China, is the start of his first trip to Europe since 2019. He is also scheduled to visit Serbia and Hungary.

Representatives from 130 nations have been invited by China's President this week for a summit on President Xi's vast trade and infrastructure Belt and Road Initiative. Putin, who is on his first visit to a major global power since Moscow's Ukraine war launched his regime into international isolation, is on the top of the list of guests. The Kremlin said he would hold talks with Xi on the sidelines of the forum on Wednesday, with the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas hanging large over the summit. Without elaborating, Kremlin said in a tweet that special attention will be paid to international and regional problems during the talks.' Since October 7, Western countries led by the US have rallied to Israel's side, killing more than 1,400 people in Israel's history, the bulk of which were civilians. The United States has asked China to use its influence to help de-escalate the war