2018年CRI Uruguay ambassador calls for closer ties under the Belt and Road Initiative

Uruguay ambassador calls for closer ties under the Belt and Road Initiative

China and Uruguay have agreed to expand and deepen cooperation as bilateral¹ relations have been stable since the two sides established diplomatic ties 30 years ago. 

Foreign Ministers Wang Yi and Rodolfo Nin Novoa reached consensus² on new areas of cooperation in Beijing during the weekend.

The two sides signed cooperation documents on the Belt and Road Initiative, service trade and other fields.

Nin Novoa says Uruguay is the first country in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) that signed cooperation documents on the Belt and Road Initiative with China and is ready to help China and the Mercosur countries to build closer ties.

Bilateral trade last year saw a 29% increase over the previous year. China's main exports to Uruguay include clothing, communication devices, and computers. It's also the top importer of Uruguay's beef, wood, soybeans, and wool.

For more on this, CRI's Ge Anna speaks with H.E. Fernando Lugris, Ambassador to China from Uruguay about the importance of the China-Uruguay relations.

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？