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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi chaired the 4th China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum Ministerial Meeting in Beijing on Tuesday. Foreign ministers and representatives of CELAC member states and heads of regional organizations attended the event.
Recalling that this year marks the 10th anniversary of the official launch of the China-CELAC Forum, Wang Yi noted that over the past decade, the forum has become an important platform for equal dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Latin American and Caribbean countries (LAC).
The head of the Chinese Foreign Ministry emphasized that cooperation between China and the LAC countries rejects bloc confrontation and advocates openness and mutual benefit, it has set a new example for building a new type of international relations, and has given new impetus to cooperation in the Global South.
As the Chinese diplomat stressed, as developing countries and members of the “big family” of the Global South, China and LAC states should join efforts in protecting their legitimate rights and interests.
Wang Yi noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s important speech at the opening ceremony of the meeting provided strategic guidance for the future development of relations between China and LAC countries.
According to Wang Yi, in order to implement the agreements reached by the leaders of China and LAC countries, the Chinese side hopes to work with LAC countries to firmly support each other’s core interests, continue to deepen practical economic and trade cooperation, actively cooperate on peace and security issues, consistently expand exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, and resolutely safeguard international fairness and justice.
The LAC Foreign Ministers, for their part, expressed their appreciation for China’s new cooperation initiative and a series of global initiatives put forward by Chinese President Xi Jinping. They stressed that they hope to make full use of the important platform of the China-CELAC Forum to realize new opportunities brought about by China’s high-quality development, expand comprehensive cooperation, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
The LAC foreign ministers pledged that their countries would strictly abide by the one-China principle, jointly safeguard the basic norms of international relations such as sovereign equality and non-interference in internal affairs, firmly adhere to multilateralism, and work together to build a peaceful, just, green, inclusive and sustainable future.
Following the meeting, the Beijing Declaration of the 4th Ministerial Meeting of the China-CELAC Forum was adopted, as well as a joint action plan of China and CELAC on cooperation in key areas for the period 2025-2027. –0–