Xi's remarks draw blueprint for China-Laos relations

Jan 15, 2020

In his congratulatory message to Thongloun on his election as the general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, Xi said China and Laos are friendly socialist neighbors connected by mountains and rivers, adding that bilateral relations have continuously deepened and developed thanks to the careful cultivation and strong promotion of successive generations of leaders of the two parties and countries, continuously creating benefits for both countries and their people.

He also suggested that the two sides make concerted efforts to carry forward their traditional friendship, deepen exchanges and cooperation, promote their socialist causes, and push forward the building of the China-Laos community with a shared future, so as to make positive contributions to safeguarding regional peace, stability, prosperity and development.