China Calls for Calm After Brexit, Seeks ‘Stable and United’ EU
- ‘All related parties must calm down’: Foreign ministry
- China among Asian economies seen most vulnerable to Brexit
EU referendum. Leave supporters celebrate opposite the Houses of Parliament in London after voters in the referendum backed the campaign for the UK to leave the EU.
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China called for a calm response to the U.K.’s unprecedented Brexit vote, saying a “stable and united European Union was in the interest of all parties."
“The decision of leaving the EU has an impact on everything, and we believe all related parties must calm down and evaluate the situation," Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at regular briefing Friday in Beijing.