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Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Lao President Bounnhang Vorachith on Wednesday in Beijing. Both the leaders have agreed to boost new progress of the building of community of common destiny.
"In 2013, I put forward for the first time that China and Laos should jointly build the community of common destiny, which was highly endorsed by the Laos," Xi said.
Xi added that the two sides should focus on the construction of the community of common destiny and promote it to transform from the vision to the reality.
During their talks, President Xi has called for strengthening strategic communications with Laos and bilateral cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, as well as security cooperation and cultural exchanges.
President Bounnhang said that Laos truly thanked China for its long selfless support and assistance.
The two leaders have attended signing ceremony of cooperation documents after their talks.