Wang Yi: China, Brazil will jointly build another golden 50 years of bilateral ties

China and Brazil will jointly build another "golden 50 years" of bilateral ties, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday when meeting the press with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called for promoting China-Brazil comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level, as this year marks the 50th anniversary since China and Brazil established diplomatic ties.

Wang and Vieira also co-chaired the fourth China-Brazil Foreign Ministerial-Level Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue in Brasilia on Friday.

The two sides understand and support each other on issues involving their respective core interests and major concerns, which provides a solid guarantee for the sound and steady growth of China-Brazil relations, said Wang.

China has always given priority to its relations with Brazil in its overall diplomacy and in its diplomacy with Latin America and supports Brazil in promoting national development and rejuvenation, he said.

Vieira, for his part, said that Brazil-China relations have made great progress, thanks to the solid mutual trust between them and the strategic guidance of the two heads of state.

Describing bilateral cooperation as mutually beneficial, large-scale, high-quality, fast-growing and wide-ranging, he said that it has provided vital support for the development of both countries and brought tangible benefits to the two peoples.

Brazil prizes its relations with China, stays committed to the one-China principle, and looks forward to deepening cooperation in various fields so as to lift Brazil-China relations to new heights, Vieira said.

The two sides had in-depth communication and reached broad consensus on practical cooperation, the international situation, multilateral coordination and hotspot issues, among others.

Both sides pledged to strengthen high-level exchanges, give full play to the role of the China-Brazil High-level Coordination and Cooperation Committee, the China-Brazil Foreign Ministerial-Level Comprehensive Strategic Dialogue and other mechanisms, and resume bilateral consultation mechanisms in various fields at an early date.

The two sides agreed to deepen cooperation in traditional areas such as agriculture, energy minerals, infrastructure, aerospace and aviation and expand collaboration in emerging areas such as connectivity, healthcare, green development, digital economy, clean energy and artificial intelligence.

They vowed to support each other in taking their own modernization path that suits their respective national conditions and explore the strategic synergy between Belt and Road cooperation and Brazil's reindustrialization and New Growth Acceleration Program.

Both sides also pledged to push for the full restoration of people-to-people exchanges and consolidate public support for the China-Brazil friendship.

They signed an agreement on mutual visa facilitation to further expand personnel exchanges between the two countries.

Recognizing the increasing global influence of the China-Brazil relationship that has gone far beyond the bilateral scope, both sides expressed their willingness to strengthen strategic coordination within the frameworks of the United Nations, the Group of 20 (G20), BRICS and the World Trade Organization, enhance the voice and representation of developing countries, and safeguard the common interests of emerging markets and developing countries.

China voiced its support for Brazil in hosting the G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro and expressed its willingness to keep to the right direction of global governance and work with Brazil towards an equal and orderly multipolar world as well as an inclusive economic globalization that benefits all.

Both sides pledged to push for the political settlement of hotspot issues and contribute to promoting peaceful development.

Agreeing that China-Latin America cooperation serves the common interests of China and Latin America and embraces the development trend of the times, the two sides expressed their readiness to further activate China-Latin America cooperation so as to help regional countries strengthen themselves through unity and speed up development and revitalization. 

(With input from Xinhua)