Spanish King Felipe VI met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday in Beijing where both sides vowed to strengthen their relationship.

The trip comes as Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, continues its courtship of China and Chinese investment amid a strained relationship with the United States under US President Donald Trump.

Spain has been one of the more friendly countries to China relative to others in the European Union in recent years.

“China stands ready to work hand in hand with Spain to build a comprehensive strategic partnership that is more strategically steady, more dynamic in development, and more influential internationally,” Xi said in his opening remarks during the bilateral meeting.

Felipe is also scheduled to meet Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of China’s top legislative body.

The monarch’s first stop in China was the city of Chengdu, where alongside Spain’s foreign minister and economy minister, he attended a Spain-China business forum with several Spanish business leaders.

Spain has taken a less adversarial stance towards China, and has sought to reposition trade relations with the country, whose exports to Spain are far greater than those of the Iberian nation of 49.4 million people to China.

After their meeting, Xi and Felipe witnessed the signing of agreements between the two countries in culture and education, economy and trade, food safety and space science.