Chinese president's special envoy attends Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony

Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy, Tie Ning, attended Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony in Mexico City on Tuesday.

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was sworn in as Mexico's first female president on Tuesday after the 62-year-old won the presidential elections in June.

During a meeting with Sheinbaum following the ceremony, Tie, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, conveyed Xi's congratulations and best wishes to the Mexican president.

China and Mexico have maintained a high level of development in their comprehensive strategic partnership in recent years, which has become increasingly strategic, complementary and mutually beneficial, said Tie.

She added that the Chinese side is ready to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Mexico so that the two countries can become trustworthy friends and good partners in shared development on the path to modernization.

For her part, Sheinbaum asked Tie to convey her high respect and sincere greetings to the Chinese president and thanked him for sending a special envoy to her inauguration ceremony, noting that Mexico and China are good partners who support each other.

The new Mexican administration attaches great importance to relations with China and is ready to further enhance friendly exchanges with China in various fields to promote greater development of Mexico-China relations, Sheinbaum said.

Chinese president's special envoy attends Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony

Chinese president's special envoy attends Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony

The death toll in the war-torn Gaza Strip has risen to 72,051 since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on Oct 7, 2023, with injuries reaching 171,706, Gaza's health authorities said on Saturday.

The authorities reported that two bodies and 15 wounded were brought to hospitals in Gaza during the past 48 hours.

Since a ceasefire in Gaza came into effect last October, 591 Palestinians have been killed and 1,598 others wounded, it added.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that its forces had killed a couple of Palestinian militants in northern Gaza earlier that day.

The troops identified and subsequently killed two militants who crossed the Yellow Line, which marks Israeli-controlled areas under the ceasefire, approaching them and posing an immediate threat, the IDF said in a statement.

IDF troops in the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat, it said.

Several other Palestinians, including the elderly and children, were wounded earlier Saturday by Israeli forces in southern and central Gaza during building demolitions, Palestine's official news agency WAFA reported.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 72,051: health authorities