INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with foreign leaders who visited China to attend the ongoing Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference
2025 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, on Wednesday.Ding, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of China Central Committee, had a meeting with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone
Ding said China is willing to work with Laos in supporting each other's core interests and advancing practical cooperation across various
fields.For his part, Sonexay reaffirmed that Laos would make continuous efforts to make new progress in developing Laos-China community with
a shared future.In a meeting with Aren B
Palik, vice president of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Ding called for expanding mutual collaboration in trade, investment,
infrastructure and marine economy, while jointly addressing climate challenges.Palik reiterated FSM side's adherence to the one-China
principle and its firm support for China's positions on the Taiwan question as well as affairs concerning Hong Kong, Xinjiang, and the South
China Sea.On China-Mongolia relations, Ding said to Mongolia's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economic Development Luvsannyam
Gantumu that the enduring friendly relations between the two neighboring countries align with the fundamental interests of both
peoples.Gantumu expressed willingness to deepen cooperation with China in connectivity, energy resources, and high-tech sectors.In a meeting
with Kazakhstan's First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar, Ding called for joint efforts to translate the outcomes of the recent 12th
Meeting of the China-Kazakhstan Cooperation Committee into real actions.Sklyar said Kazakhstan is ready to work closely with China to
elevate bilateral ties to a new high.This year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of China-Indonesia diplomatic relations
While speaking with Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Development Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, Ding said the two
sides should enhance strategic synergy and strive for new breakthroughs in practical cooperation.Agus said Indonesia is committed to
deepening and expanding cooperation with China in various sectors and further advancing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the
two countries.When meeting with Portugal's Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel, Ding said China is dedicated to mutual
respect and trust with Portugal and is ready to expand mutually beneficial cooperation and deepen opening up and exchanges between the two
sides.Rangel said Portugal thinks highly of Macao's prosperity and steady development since it returned to China, pledging efforts to
further deepen practical cooperation with China.
