On the 17th, Wang Yi, a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, met in Beijing with a member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Lao PDR, Vice Premier, and Foreign Minister of the Lao PDR. Wang Yi expressed that China and Laos are friendly neighbors connected by mountains and rivers. Both sides need to implement the strategic consensus of the highest leaders of both parties and countries, promote traditional friendship, deepen political mutual trust, align development strategies, and push bilateral relations to a new level. China is willing to work with Laos to maintain the central position of ASEAN, adhere to open regionalism, safeguard our common homeland, and create a better environment for regional development and revitalization. Sharinsey said that Laos is willing to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields with China, jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with high quality, build a community of common destiny between Laos and China, and jointly promote the socialist cause. (New News Agency)