Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Peruvian Foreign Minister Javier Gonzalez-Olaechea Franco in Beijing on Monday.
Han recalled the meeting between President Xi Jinping and Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in San Francisco last November, saying it injected strong impetus into the development of the China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership.
Noting that China has a clear and firm will to develop the comprehensive strategic partnership with Peru, Han said China stands ready to work with Peru to follow through on the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, strengthen the synergy of development strategies, fully tap the potential for cooperation, and enhance Belt and Road cooperation in high quality, so as to push for new progresses in China-Peru relations.
China supports Peru in successfully hosting this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting, Han said.
Gonzalez-Olaechea said Peru and China are both ancient civilizations with a time-honored friendship, adding that bilateral cooperation enjoys a solid foundation and broad prospects.
Peru abides by the one-China principle and is willing to maintain close high-level exchanges with China, deepen practical cooperation in various fields, and push bilateral relations to a new height, he said.
Gonzalez-Olaechea is on a visit to China from April 28 to 30 at the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Chinese vice president meets Peruvian FM
Palestinian protesters and the Israeli army in the West Bank engaged in a tense stand-off on Wednesday as Palestinians commemorated the 76th Nakba day or the "day of catastrophe" in the mist of the intense fighting in Gaza that has displaced over one and a half million people.
Nakba Day is observed annually on May 15 by Palestinians to remember the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from their homes after the establishment of Israel in 1948.
The anniversary often brings heightened tensions as Palestinians believe that their ancestors were displaced from their homeland. Israel stands on territory given to the Jews by Great Britain in return for their support in World War I. But Palestinians have always claimed the land is historically theirs.
Palestinians live in the West Bank under Israeli military rule and Israel controls the borders and areas in which Palestinians can build homes.
Under Jewish law, commemorating Nakba Day is illegal.
"That's against the Israeli law, but as far as the Palestinian law is concerned and as far as the culture of Palestine, the history of our people, and the pride of every Palestinian is to mark this day. Every Palestinian is doing this in defiance and also challenging the Israeli laws," said Sabri Saidam, deputy Secretary General of the Fatah Central Committee.
Saidam believes the only path towards peace is a two-state solution.
"There is no way on this land but to achieve co-existence. The future is dependent on the fulfillment of U.N. resolutions and on adherence to international law. There's no one party that can throw the other into the sea. There's no one people that can throw the other into the sea. So we will have to invest in trying to convince Israelis at large that their government is not doing them any favor. And those who claim to be the friends of Israel and are supporting the genocide that Israel is committing right now as we speak are not true friends, because your friends would tell you where the right path is. And the only right path is the establishment of a Palestinian state," said Sabri Saidam.
Palestinians say this year's anniverssary is more important than ever as they claim a present-day Nakba is taking place in Gaza.
Defiant Palestinians in West Bank commemorate "Nakba" amid intense fighting in Gaza
