China and Spain pledge to strengthen ties amid a ‘crumbling’ global order

China and Spain pledged on Tuesday to deepen ties and safeguard global peace ​and development amid an international order that President Xi ‌Jinping called “crumbling” in remarks during a meeting with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Beijing, Reuters writes.

In “today’s world, chaos abounds, and the international order is crumbling,” Xi ​said, adding that deeper ties were in the interests of both ​China and Spain.

Sanchez, in turn, said international law was ​repeatedly being undermined, and called for closer ties to promote ​peace and prosperity.