In order to cooperate with China, this female president of Latin American countries came across the ocean!

According to CGTN, the President of the Republic of Honduras, Iris Hiomara Castro Sarmento, arrived in Shanghai on the morning of June 6 to begin his first visit to China.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying announced on June 6 that at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, President of the Republic of Honduras, Iris Hiomara Castro Sarmento, will pay a state visit to China from June 7 to 6.

Infographic: President of Honduras Fidel Castro.

The heads of state of China and Hong will hold a historic meeting

On March 3, China and Honduras formally established diplomatic relations.

On June 6, local time, Honduran President Castro announced through his social media account that Salvador Enrique Moncada will become Honduran ambassador to China. Moncada is a well-known scientist and pharmacologist in Honduras.

On June 6, local time, the Chinese Embassy in Honduras held a grand opening ceremony in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Hong Kong. All diplomats of the Chinese Embassy in Hong Kong, representatives of the Honduran Government, the National Assembly, local celebrities, envoys of various countries in Hong Kong, representatives of Chinese-funded institutions and overseas Chinese attended the meeting.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin recently pointed out at a regular press conference that on March 2023, 3, China and Honduras officially established diplomatic relations, opening a new historical chapter for bilateral relations. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations more than two months ago, China and Hong Kong have actively fulfilled their commitments to establish diplomatic relations, comprehensively docked with a sense of urgency, and promoted the rapid start of bilateral relations with the principles and goals of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and common development.

Wang Wenbin said that this visit is the first state visit by a Honduran president to China, and the two heads of state will hold a historic meeting to jointly plan and lead the future development of China-Hong Kong relations. China looks forward to working with Hong Kong to take this visit as an opportunity to deepen mutual trust, expand cooperation, enhance friendship, and promote stable and long-term relations between China and Hong Kong.

The picture shows Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.

Earlier, as an entourage of the president's visit to China, Hector Zelaya, special assistant to the President of Honduras, said that he hoped that this visit would enhance mutual understanding and strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

He pointed out that the establishment of diplomatic relations has brought many benefits to the two peoples, "because we will exchange our knowledge, history and culture with each other." We will continue to strengthen this friendship and make it last."

"We are very happy to be visiting China soon, and we will be traveling with the President and visiting several cities so that we can get to know each other and strengthen our bilateral relations so that the friendship between Honduras and China will last for a long time," Zelaya said. ”

China's "Latin American Circle of Friends" has added another highlight moment

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations more than two months ago, China and Hong Kong have rapidly docked and cooperated in the fields of economy and trade, agriculture, science and technology, culture and education, which is bound to further release the development potential. Rudolphe Pastor, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Presidency of Honduras, commented that the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries has "opened an important door of opportunity" for the country's development.

In recent years, China's "circle of friends" in Latin America has been continuously expanded and upgraded, not only opening a new chapter in bilateral relations with Honduras, but also maintaining pragmatic cooperation with Argentina, Brazil and other countries, and constantly gathering consensus and strength to promote the development of China-Latin America relations.

According to public information, on June 6, representatives of the governments of China and Argentina signed the "Cooperation Plan between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Argentine Republic on Jointly Promoting the Construction of the "Belt and Road" in Beijing. Up to now, the "circle of friends" of China and Latin America to jointly build the "Belt and Road" has expanded to 2 countries.

Data map: A view of a hydroelectric power plant 180 kilometers north of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras.

The mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Latin America has continued to yield fruitful results, benefiting the people of Latin American and Caribbean countries. CGNPC's Tanque Novo 180 MW wind power project in Brazil was officially put into operation, with an estimated annual power generation capacity of 7 million kWh, which can "light up" 2,43 Brazilian households; Ecuador and China signed a free trade agreement, becoming China's 27th free trade partner, promoting the all-round quality and upgrading of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries...

Statistics also show that in recent years, China has maintained its position as Latin America's second largest trading partner. The total trade volume between China and Latin America exceeded US$2021 billion for the first time in 4500 and reached a new high of US$2022.4857 billion in 9. Eye-catching data show that the "Belt and Road" initiative has injected new momentum into Latin American countries, and China-Latin America relations in the new era of equality, mutual benefit, innovation, openness and benefiting the people have continuously reached a new level.

As the Latin American proverb says, "True friends can reach your heart from the other side of the world." "Even though they are thousands of miles apart, I believe that under the impetus of jointly building the "Belt and Road", China and Latin America will continue to watch over each other, work together and cross the ocean on the road of friendly cooperation, which will surely become broader and broader.