BEIJING, Jan 9 (APP): Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said that 2023 was a pioneering, fruitful year for China’s diplomacy while summing up six highlights of the country’s diplomacy in the year.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaking at the opening ceremony of a symposium on the international situation and China’s diplomacy in 2023, said:
– first, the head-of-state diplomacy was brilliant and created a new monument for major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics;
– second, the building of a community with a shared future for mankind was solidly advanced;
– third, the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was successfully held;
– fourth, the BRICS mechanism achieved historic expansion;
– fifth, the China-Central Asia Summit was successfully held; and
– sixth, the historic reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran was promoted.