The relationship between China and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries has ushered in a new era characterized by equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness and more benefits for the people, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said here Wednesday.
Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily news briefing, saying that ten years ago on July 17, 2014, President Xi Jinping attended the China-LAC countries leaders’ meeting in Brasilia and delivered a keynote speech entitled “Build a Community of Shared Destiny for Common Progress.”
In the speech, President Xi for the first time made the proposition of building a China-LAC community with a shared future, which pointed the way forward for China-LAC relations in the new era and was warmly received among LAC countries, Lin said, adding that over the past decade, thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, continuous progress has been made in building a China-LAC community with a shared future and the China-LAC relationship has ushered in a new era characterized by equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness and more benefits for the people.
President Xi visited the LAC region five times, received leaders of many countries in the region and had meetings with them on bilateral and multilateral occasions to pool strategic consensus.
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