Mexican President Lopez and Peruvian President Boluarte

On the morning of November 16th local time, President Xi Jinping met with Mexican President Lopez in San Francisco.

On the morning of November 16th local time, President Xi Jinping met with Mexican President Lopez in San Francisco.（Xinhua/Rao Aimin）

President Xi Jinping pointed out that the friendship between China and Mexico has gone through ups and downs and has been strengthened over time. Last year, the two countries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Chongqing, and this year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership. At present, the strategic, complementary, and mutually beneficial nature of China Mexico relations is constantly highlighted, and mutual understanding and support on issues related to each other's core interests and major concerns are becoming more firm. China attaches great importance to China Mexico relations and is willing to work with Mexico to strengthen strategic docking, tap into cooperation potential, leverage complementary advantages, and push bilateral relations to a new level.

President Xi Jinping emphasized that China supports Mexico's independent and independent development path that is in line with its national conditions, and is willing to strengthen governance and political exchanges with Mexico. The bilateral trade volume between China and Mexico has increased by over 7000 times compared to when diplomatic relations were established, and there are numerous highlights of cooperation in areas such as railways, automobiles, and new energy. Both sides should make good use of the working mechanism between the two governments, deepen cooperation in traditional fields such as infrastructure construction, expand cooperation in emerging industries such as finance and electric vehicles, and deepen cooperation in drug law enforcement. Both sides should actively support each other in organizing cultural and artistic performances, cultural exhibitions, and other cultural exchange activities, close multilateral cooperation, firmly uphold multilateralism and democratization of international relations, and uphold international fairness and justice, as well as the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the China Latin America Forum. China is willing to work with Mexico to promote stable and far-reaching relations between China and Latin America in the new era.

President Xi Jinping once again expressed condolences on the recent hurricane disaster along the Pacific coast of Mexico, stating that China will provide strong assistance for the procurement of disaster relief materials for Mexico.

On the morning of November 16th local time, President Xi Jinping met with Mexican President Lopez in San Francisco.（Xinhua/Ding Lin）

President Lopez stated that both Mexico and China have a brilliant civilization, and the people of the two countries know each other and are close to each other, feeling like brothers. At the time when the COVID-19 was the most serious, China was the first to rush to the rescue, providing Mexico with a large number of valuable anti epidemic materials and helping Mexico tide over the difficulties. After the recent severe hurricane disaster in the Pacific, the Chinese side immediately expressed condolences and support, and the Mexican side expressed gratitude for this. Both Mexico and China uphold their independence and firmly oppose interference in the internal affairs of other countries. Mexico will continue to adhere to its friendly policy towards China, firmly support each other, provide convenience for Chinese enterprises to invest and cooperate in Mexico, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, and deepen cooperation in combating drug production and trafficking. Mexico is willing to closely collaborate with China in multilateral affairs and actively promote Latin American China relations.

Cai Qi, Wang Yi, and others attended the meeting.

On the morning of November 16th local time, President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Boluarte in San Francisco.

On the morning of November 16th local time, President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Boluarte in San Francisco.（Xinhua/Ding Lin）

President Xi pointed out that since the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Peru more than half a century ago, the two countries have understood and supported each other on issues involving each other's core interests and major concerns, and bilateral cooperation has developed steadily, especially the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road", which has promoted the development and revitalization of their respective countries and brought benefits to the two peoples. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Peru. The two sides should deepen political mutual trust, strengthen strategic communication, firmly support each other to follow a development path consistent with their own national conditions, strengthen the docking of development strategies, strengthen cooperation in traditional fields such as economy and trade, energy and minerals, foster new growth poles of cooperation such as digital economy and green development, and promote the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" to achieve more results. China is willing to import more high-quality agricultural products with Peruvian characteristics and encourages Chinese enterprises to participate in major project construction in Peru in accordance with the principle of marketization. Both China and Peru have splendid civilizations and profound cultures. Both sides should strengthen cooperation in education, culture, tourism, technology, youth exchanges, and other fields, becoming a model for exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations.

President Xi Jinping emphasized that in the new situation, developing China Peru relations well is not only in line with the common interests of both countries, but also of great significance for building an open world economy. China supports Peru in hosting the 2024 APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting and is willing to closely communicate and coordinate with Peru to promote new achievements in APEC cooperation, and make new contributions to promoting economic recovery and long-term development in the Asia Pacific region and building a community with a shared future in the Asia Pacific region. China is willing to work with Peru to promote the continuous development of China Latin America relations in the new era.

On the morning of November 16th local time, President Xi Jinping met with Peruvian President Boluarte in San Francisco.（Xinhua/Ding Lin）

President Boluarte stated that Peru and China are both ancient civilizations and have a long history of friendly exchanges between their peoples. Since the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries for 10 years, both sides have adhered to mutual respect and support. The secret formula is committed to deepening relations with China, hoping to better leverage the role of the cooperation mechanism between the two countries, continuously improve the level of comprehensive strategic cooperation, and deepen practical cooperation in areas such as the green economy. The secret recipe adheres to the one China principle and actively participates in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road". Next year, Peru will take over as the rotating chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and looks forward to working together with China to promote inclusive and sustainable growth in the Asia Pacific region and promote the development of Latin American China relations. The secret formula is willing to strengthen multilateral cooperation with China.

Cai Qi, Wang Yi, and others attended the meeting.