New York, September 29, 2015.- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi put forward a four-point proposal for an upgraded version of the all-round cooperation between China and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).<\/p>\n
Wang made the suggestions in his meetings with his counterparts from the CELAC \u00abQuartet.\u00bb<\/p>\n
The Quartet comprises the current rotating chair of the CELAC, its previous rotating chair and its next rotating chair -Ecuador, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, respectively- as well as Barbados, current rotating chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).<\/p>\n
Thanks to concerted efforts from both sides, cooperation between China and Latin American and Caribbean states has maintained a good momentum of growth under the framework of the China-CELAC Forum, Wang said.<\/p>\n
New progress has been made in implementing the outcomes of the first ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC Forum, Wang said, adding that China is willing to work together with the Latin American and Caribbean nations to continue deepening their partnership of comprehensive cooperation.<\/p>\n
Wang put forward a four-point proposal for the building of an upgraded version of the China-CELAC comprehensive cooperation.<\/p>\n
\u00abFirst, we should strengthen political dialogue and cooperation in international affairs,\u00bb the foreign minister said, calling on the two sides to maintain high-level exchanges and give full play to the existing dialogue mechanisms between China and CELAC.<\/p>\n
Second, the two sides should work together to ensure the successful holding of sub-forums under the framework of the China-CELAC Forum, as well as the full implementation of the consensus having been reached at previous forums on infrastructure, technology, youth and people-to-people friendship, Wang said.<\/p>\n
Third, efforts should also be made to accelerate work for implementing the financing package China has offered to CELAC countries, the foreign minister said, calling for a good use of the special loans, cooperation funds as well as loans on favorable terms under the principles of flexibility, pragmatism and balance.<\/p>\n
Fourth, Wang called for enhanced people-to-people exchanges between the two sides.<\/p>\n
Under the framework of the China-CELAC Forum, the two sides should expand cooperation and exchanges in such areas as technology, culture, tourism and staff training, Wang said.<\/p>\n
The Quartet foreign ministers, for their part, said that the relationship between China and CELAC has been making great progress in recent years, and the establishment of the China-CELAC Forum has helped lift bilateral relations to a higher level.<\/p>\n
They said Latin American and Caribbean states regarded China as an important cooperation partner in the global political and economic arena, and were looking forward to forging a strong partnership of comprehensive cooperation with China.<\/p>\n
They also said they hoped to continue boosting bilateral cooperation in such areas as financing, energy, infrastructure, technology and youth under the framework of the China-CELAC Forum so as to accelerate the industrialization process of the region, optimize the economic structures and achieve mutual benefits and win-win results along with China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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