Foreign ministers of Chile, China highlight bilateral ties and FTA

Wang Yi and Antonia Urrejola discussed Sino-Chilean relations and highlighted the fact that these bonds have continued to grow despite the changes in government.

The Chinese official also pointed out that Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Chilean counterpart, Gabriel Boric Font, have maintained strategic communication and given direction for the development of bilateral relations.

He also praised Chile for treating its relations with China as a top diplomatic priority and conveyed his government’s willingness to make make the most of the pioneering and stable advantages of bilateral ties.

Both top diplomats agreed to maintain high-level exchanges, promote high-quality cooperation on the Belt and Road, establish a benchmark to jointly build the Green Silk Road, Digital Silk Road, and Health Silk Road, and explore the new potential for cooperation in matters of trade in services, digital economy, smart city, 5G and clean energy.

They also expressed satisfaction with the achievements in economic and trade cooperation and agreed to jointly safeguard the multilateral trading system centered on the World Trade Organization (WTO) so as to provide a sound business environment for enterprises of the two countries to invest in each other.

The two sides also pledged to continue their anti-pandemic cooperation, jointly produce vaccines, and engage in pharmaceutical research and development. Urrejola praised China’s vaccine assistance, as well as the support it has provided to accelerate local vaccine production in Chile.

Source: MercoPress

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