2015年CRI 中拉论坛首届部长级会议将在京召开 外交部回应朝鲜逃兵枪杀4名中国边民（在线收听）

Twenty foreign ministers from member countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States will be gathering in Beijing later this week to

discuss elevating cooperation between China 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.

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 forum.

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

China says it has lodged representations to North Korea over the killing of four Chinese citizens by a runaway North Korean soldier.

It is reported that the soldier killed the four Chinese citizens during a robbery late last year after he crossed the border into China searching for food.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says China's public security department will handle the case in line with relevant laws.