Eurozone crisis delays China-EU talks

BRUSSELS: An annual meeting between Chinese and European leaders has been postponed after eurozone leaders said they would hold a second round of crisis talks by Wednesday, the EU said Friday.

"Due to the upcoming meetings of the European Council and the heads of state and government of the eurozone countries, the EU-China Summit has been rescheduled to a later date," the bloc said in a statement.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was due to meet with president of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and European Union President Herman Van Rompuy in the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Tuesday.

But rifts between EU nations over how to solve the region's debt crisis have forced the 17-nation bloc to call a fresh summit next week, following a marathon weekend of meetings already in Brussels. (AFP)