Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith meets with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 14, 2020. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)
When meeting with Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on the same day, Wang said China appreciated Laos' strong support for China during its crucial moment of fighting the COVID-19 outbreak.
The support from the Lao side not only demonstrated the spirit of good friends, good neighbors and good partners, but also highlighted the spirit of the China-Laos community of shared future and the high level of the comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries, he said.
Faced with the impact of the pandemic, China and Laos should seek opportunities in crises, turn crises into opportunities, speed up the Belt and Road cooperation, use the key projects such as the China-Laos Economic Corridor and the China-Laos Railway as the engine, to deepen pragmatic cooperation in all fields in the post-pandemic era, so as to achieve common development, he said.
For his part, Thongloun expressed his gratitude to China for its tremendous help for Laos' socio-economic development as well as its anti-pandemic fight.
Laos has full confidence in China's capability to contain the epidemic and develop its economy, believing that China will become a model of the global fight against COVID-19 as well as the most important driving force for global economic development in the post-pandemic era, he said.
Laos and China are friends and comrades with unbreakable friendship, Thongloun said, adding that Laos stands ready to work with China to jointly develop the Belt and Road, boost cooperation in infrastructure and finance, among other areas, so as to achieve common development and prosperity of the two countries.
Wang arrived in the Lao capital on early Wednesday on a Southeast Asia tour, which has taken him to Cambodia and Malaysia as well as a transit visit to Singapore. His last stop is Thailand. Enditem
