EU urged to remove political obstacles

GODOLLO, Hungary - China has renewed its call for the European Union to lift its arms embargo on China and to recognize the country's market economy status, calling on the European Union to remove major political obstacles in bilateral relations.

"If we can get rid of the obstacles, we'll be able to march forward rapidly," Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Fu Ying said after the second round of the China-EU strategic dialogue, which concluded on Thursday.

David O'Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer of the European External Action Service, declined to discuss the issue in detail, saying "We have exchanged views on this issue very frequently."