国内英语资讯:China, Thailand pledge to strengthen ties, cooperation_时事

国内英语资讯:China, Thailand pledge to strengthen ties, cooperation

China and Thailand should establish new platform for Belt and Road cooperation and strengthen and broaden cooperation in digital economy, innovation, e-commerce and aerospace, he added.

The Chinese foreign minister regards China-ASEAN relations as being the most energetic and productive and having most potential.

He expressed the hope that China and ASEAN can synergize the Belt and Road Initiative and ASEAN's development strategies, complete negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) at an early date.

He also called for jointly upholding the current situation in the South China Sea which has stabilized and is turning positive, and develop an upgraded version of the China-ASEAN strategic partnership so as to build a closer community of shared future between China and ASEAN.

Thai Foreign Minister Don, for his part, said Thailand-China relations have always been constructive, and the bilateral pragmatic and active cooperation has benefited the two countries and peoples.

He noted that Thailand will continue to have frequent contacts with China at various levels and further intensify people-to-people and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

The Thai foreign minister expressed his support for the Belt and Road Initiative and congratulated China for successfully holding the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in May.

Proposed by China in 2013, the Belt and Road initiative refers to the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, aiming at building a trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade routes of Silk Road.