Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Mauro Vieira will co-chair the fifth China-Brazil Foreign Ministerial-Level Comprehensive Strategic Dialog, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
At the invitation of Wang, Vieira will pay an official visit to China from May 31 to June 2.
"China and Brazil are the biggest developing country respectively in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, and both are BRICS members and important members of the Global South. The bilateral relationship has long been at the forefront of China's relations with other developing countries. In recent years, under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, China-Brazil relations have sustained good development momentum. The building of the China-Brazil community with a shared future and the synergy of development strategies have been progressing smoothly. The practical cooperation across all fields has yielded fruitful outcomes, and the bilateral relations have demonstrated global, strategic and long-term impact," Mao said.
"During this visit, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira will co-chair the fifth China-Brazil Foreign Ministerial-Level Comprehensive Strategic Dialog. China expects the visit to further consolidate the two countries' political and strategic mutual trust, and continue advance the building of a community with a shared future of the two countries, demonstrate both sides' sense of responsibility in driving solidarity and cooperation among Global South nations, and contribute the two countries' strength to the cause of world peace and stability," she said.
Spokeswoman on Brazilian FM's upcoming visit to China
Cooperation with China brings great benefits, said former Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila, noting that China is not only a major economic power but also a very important global player.
She made the statement in an interview at the 7th Local Leaders' Meeting of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) underway in Jinan, east China’s Shandong Province.
The event has drawn key guests from several Central and Eastern European countries, including Dancila.
Trade between China and Central and Eastern European countries, including Romania, has grown strongly in recent years.
While EU leaders visit China to seek the best possible relations, Brussels continues to push divergent positions with Beijing — a contradiction that Dancila said must be resolved by acknowledging China's role as a major economic and global player.
"I believe that we must start from the existing reality. China is not only a very big economic power, but China is also a very important global player at the moment. And when decisions are made in Brussels, they must take this into account. Because a very good relationship with China would bring great benefits. We see that Brussels decides that there should be certain divergent opinions with China, but at the same time, leaders of European Union member states visit China, and they want to have the best possible relations with China," she said.
The former Prime Minister of Romania recalled her tenure as a time of close Romania-China relations, driven not only by government-level collaboration but also by a personal commitment to people-to-people friendship.
"I think there are many elements in this regard. When I was the Prime Minister of Romania, the period was marked by having some of the best relations with China. The fact that, at that time, ties were very strong at the institutional and governmental levels, brought development to Romania. President Xi Jinping said, friendship must remain in people's hearts. I took this into account, and I tried to make connections between the Romanian and Chinese people," she said.
Cooperation with China brings great benefits: former Romanian PM
