Dialogue to enhance China's relations with Latin America

China will hold its maiden dialogue with foreign ministers of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Troika in September. The dialogue will become a regular occurrence, which analysts said will help deepen cooperation between China and the 33 CELAC nations.

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi held talks with ministers from the three countries that make up the premier grouping of CELAC, known as the Troika, in Beijing on Thursday. Yang met with Chilean Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno Charme, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro Moros and Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz.

The two sides agreed to establish a regular dialogue between foreign ministers from China and Troika, and will hold their first meeting in September, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.