中拉论坛首届部长级会议将在北京举行

 　　Twenty foreign ministers from member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States will be gathering¹ in Beijing later this week to discuss elevating cooperation between China and the region.

　　It's expected that the Sino-Latin American and Caribbean Cooperation Plan for the next five years proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping last year will be approved at this week's meeting.

　　Zhu Qingqiao, a Chinese Foreign Ministry² official, says elevating cooperation to a comprehensive level is the common wish of China and the Latin America and Caribbean region.

　　"We believe that development in our respective countries means opportunities for each other. Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean have a strong will to deepen cooperation with China. Both sides are eager to have higher-level cooperation, and this has become our common wish and a shared strategic choice."

　　中拉论坛首届部长级会议将在北京举行

　　Zhu says discussions will be focused on exploring further cooperation in such areas as politics, diplomacy³, trade, and economy, as well as people-to-people exchanges.

　　The presidents of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela and the prime minister of the Bahamas will be among the leaders present at the first ministerial meeting of the China-CELAC forum⁴.

　　The cooperation platform was established last July during Chinese President Xi Jinxing's visit to Latin America.

　　The UN economic commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Bank of America, and Development Bank of Latin America will also send representatives to the meeting on Thursday and Friday.

　　President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony.

1 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

4 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。