Xi gives Mattarella a sample of lunar soil

Media, ‘demonstrating aerospace cooperation’

“Space continues to remain a place of collaboration between nations, not of conflict.” This is what President Sergio Mattarella said to his counterpart Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing. Xi, in the report of the state network CCTV, gave Mattarella a sample of the lunar soil which was collected by the Chinese Chang’e 5 probe “demonstrating the aerospace cooperation” between the two countries.