BEIJING- China's President Xi Jinping spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a video meeting on Wednesday, state television reported.

Xi and Merkel exchanged views on the development of Sino-Europe and China-Germany relations in a friendly manner, it added.

(Reporting by Colin Qian and Tony Munroe; Editing by Andrew Heavens) ((Zhecheng.Qian@thomsonreuters.com;))