China says Italy willing to resume some China flights

China says Italy willing to resume some China flights
# 07 February 2020 10:41 (UTC +04:00)

China’s foreign ministry said on Friday that Italy was willing to resume some flights between the two countries, after it suspended direct air traffic last month over worries about the coronavirus outbreak, APA reports citing Reuters.

China’s vice foreign minister, Qin Gang, had a meeting on Thursday with Italy’s ambassador to China, Luca Ferrari, during which they discussed the issue, the ministry said.

Qin told Ferrari that Italy’s decision to stop flights without contacting China in advance had caused “great inconvenience” to citizens of both countries, the ministry said in a statement on its website.

China was “strongly dissatisfied with the overreaction and restrictions”, especially as it was trying to bring stranded citizens there home, it said.

Ferrari said Italy sympathized with the situation facing Chinese residents in Italy and at this stage, it was willing to approve some applications from Chinese airlines to resume some flights, the Chinese ministry said.

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