At the end of last year, I spoke with President Ouattara by telephone and reached a new consensus on deepening cooperation between the two countries in various fields. I attach great importance to the development of China-Kuwait relations and would like to work with President Ouattara to take the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as an opportunity to consolidate mutual support and strengthen all-round cooperation, so as to push China-Kuwait relations to a new level and better benefit the two peoples. Ouattara said that the relations between the two countries have developed at a high level in the past 40 years, and thanked China for always supporting the construction of infrastructure and energy in C ô te d'Ivoire. The Kuwaiti side is willing to strengthen cooperation with the Chinese side to promote the friendly cooperative relations between the two countries to a new era of solidarity and mutual assistance, close exchanges and fruitful results, and achieve new and greater development. (Xinhua News Agency)