BEIJING, July 31 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and visiting Colombian President Ivan Duque Marquez on Wednesday pledged to promote bilateral relations to new heights.
The year 2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and the Latin American country.
During their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Xi said Duque's father, as a member of the then Colombian government, firmly supported the decision to forge diplomatic ties 40 years ago and witnessed the birth of the bilateral relationship.
"The relay baton of China-Colombia bilateral ties is passed to us now," Xi told the Colombian president.
"I highly appreciate your visit to China, which shows that you are committed to enhancing the traditional friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Colombia," said Xi.
Xi called on both countries to intensify high-level exchanges and exchanges of governance experience, deepen mutual political trust, mutual understanding and mutual support.
China will continue to support Colombia in promoting the peace process and post-conflict reconstruction, said Xi.
He also encouraged both countries to further explore potential for pragmatic cooperation, consolidate cooperation in traditional areas and expand to new areas.
China welcomes Colombia to take part in the Belt and Road construction so as to realize the alignment of development strategies of both sides, Xi said, calling on the two to enhance people-to-people exchanges, jointly safeguard the existing international system with the United Nations at its core, promote the reform of global governance mechanisms and make more efforts to help the economic globalization process become more open, inclusive and balanced, and develop towards win-win results.
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