Xi opposing nuclear weapons in Ukraine was reason enough to visit China, Scholz says


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BERLIN/FRANKFURT Nov 5 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who was heavily criticised for a trip to Beijing this week, said on Saturday his and President Xi Jinping's joint statement opposing the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine had been reason enough to travel there. Scholz's comments come a day after his visit to the world's second-biggest economy alongside key German corporate CEOs, the first by a G7 nation since the COVID-19 pandemic. "Because the Chinese government, the President and I were able to declare that no nuclear weapons should be used in this war, that alone made the whole...