Germany presses China over Ukraine as leaders pledge to work together on climate

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Berlin on Tuesday (Markus Schreiber/AP)

Germany pressed China to lean harder on Russia over its war in Ukraine on Tuesday, while leaders from both countries pledged to work together to combat climate change as two of the world’s biggest carbon dioxide emitters.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz and about half of his Cabinet hosted a delegation led by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, making his first foreign trip since becoming China’s No 2 official in March, as the two nations held high-level government talks for the seventh time.