China, Argentina aim trade ties

ARGENTINA: Officials and experts from China and Argentina attended an international seminar aimed at further developing economic ties between the two countries on Monday.

“This seminar will help to deepen the economic, social and cultural relations between two sides, based on mutual respect and shared development,” Yang Shidi, commercial counselor at the Chinese embassy here said.

Both countries also have cooperation agreements on communications, transportation, energy, mining and infrastructure, which will be expanded with this meeting, Yang said.

Shi Jianjun, president of China’s University of International Business and Economics, said this seminar will help enhance bilateral ties through more friendly academic exchanges.

Director of the Foreign Ministry’s international economic affairs, Nestor Stancanelli, stressed the importance of academic work as fundamental to promoting the development of ties between both countries.

Stancanelli also urged the two nations to make use of synergies and seek common policies within the United Nations and the Group of 20 in order to boost reform of the monetary and global financial systems.

China and Argentina forged diplomatic relations on Feb. 19, 1972.

Since then their ties have deepened with their bilateral trade reaching more than 14.3 billion US dollars in 2008. Buenos Aires, Tuesday, Xinhua