China says reports of demands on nuclear power complicating EU talks are fake

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that media reports of Chinese demands on nuclear power investment complicating bilateral talks with the European Union are “fake”.

Discussions on the China-EU investment pact are proceeding “smoothly”, Wang Wenbin, a spokesman at the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a regular briefing.

Negotiations have stalled at the last stretch because China is raising additional demands on nuclear energy, German magazine WirtschaftsWoche reported on Wednesday.