(Xinhua/Xu Qin)
BALI, Indonesia, July 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares agreed on Friday to further develop relations between the two countries .
When meeting on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Bali, Indonesia, Wang said China and Spain have maintained the momentum for healthy and stable development of bilateral relations.
China is willing to take advantage of the opportunities of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic ties next year to plan their future development, so as to promote healthy, stable and dynamic relations between the two countries, he noted. .
For his part, Albares said his country is looking forward to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations with China, adding that Spain intends to strengthen cultural and people-to-people exchanges with China and establish more Cervantes Institutes. in China.
Spain, which will hold the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU) for the second half of next year, wants to work with China to implement the results reached at the leaders’ meeting between the EU and China in April and to advance dialogue and cooperation between the EU and China.
China and Spain are two civilizations with a long history, and China would like to work with Spain to make preparations to hold the China-Spain Year of Culture and Tourism in 2023, to enhance understanding. reciprocal and bilateral friendship between the two peoples, Wang said.
He stressed that China will always be committed to openness and free trade, as well as mutually beneficial cooperation.
“The more China develops, the more opportunities it will bring to the rest of the world,” he noted.
China and the EU are partners, not rivals, Wang said, and the two sides share a broad consensus to uphold multilateralism and promote better democracy in international relations.
He expressed the hope that Spain would play an important role in the EU’s rotating presidency and help the EU objectively view China’s development from a long-term and strategic perspective, with a view to jointly promoting the development of China-EU relations in a stable and healthy manner. End
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