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President Xi first-overseas visit after re-election- a great successBreaking

November 16, 2017

BEIJING, Nov. 16 (INP): Xi Jinping’s first overseas visit after his re-election as President was reflective of China’s future foreign policy, that meant to build a community of shared destiny. This was in line with his vision and thoughts. presented before the recently held 19th national congress of Communist party of China. Terming his just concluded visit as highly successful, the diplomatic sources said here, the President, during the visit sought the cooperation of World community to strengthen cooperative partnership for a win-win situation. Laos was the final leg of Xi's first overseas trip after the 19th CPC National Congress. The trip also took him to Da Nang, Vietnam, to attend the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting, and to Hanoi for a state visit. Xi said that during the visit to Laos, he and Bounnhang, also general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, had agreed to jointly build a community of a shared future with strategic importance for the two countries and planned for cooperation to strengthen synergy of strategies and to achieve mutual benefit. He said that the two countries should fully implement the outcomes achieved in the visit and promote better development of the bilateral comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. Bounnhang said Xi's successful visit to Laos has lifted Laos-China ties to a new level and that the Lao People's Revolutionary Party as well as Laos are "full of expectation" for the future development of the ties. After the meeting, the two leaders witnessed the signing of a cooperation deal between the two foreign ministries. Xi wrapped up his two-day visit to Laos and returned to Beijing on Tuesday night. Earlier in the day, Xi also met with Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith. Xi said China and Laos should push forward the construction of the China-Laos economic corridor and ensure smooth progress in the construction of the China-Laos railway. Cooperation between China and Laos is highly complementary, Xi said, adding that the two countries should expand and deepen cooperation in energy resources, electric power and finance and strengthen cooperation in areas concerning people's livelihood, including education, healthcare and poverty alleviation. The two countries are friendly neighbors and the two peoples cherish a traditional friendship that has a long history, Xi said, adding that China will continue sticking with friendly policies toward Laos. He emphasized the two countries should continue maintaining high-level contacts, deepen exchanges of the experience of governing the parties and the countries, strengthen cooperation in defense, law enforcement and security, and enhance friendship between the two peoples. INP/J/AJ