February 19th
The 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Argentina
The leaders of the two countries exchanged congratulatory messages
and agreed to make joint efforts
promote China-Argentina cooperation to a new level
benefit the two countries and the two peoples
geographically
Although China and Argentina In the past half a century, China-Argentina relations have made great progress. Cooperation in various fields has deepened. China and Argentina are both developing countries and share broad strategic consensus and common interests. For half a century, China and Afghanistan have always understood and supported each other, cooperated closely within multilateral and regional frameworks such as the United Nations, the G20, and the China-CELAC Forum, and practiced multilateralism.
The 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Arab states is the 50th year of expanding cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results. The economic and trade relations between the two countries have maintained healthy and stable development.
When China and Afghanistan established diplomatic relations in 1972, the bilateral trade volume was more than 6 million US dollars. In 2021, the bilateral trade volume will reach US$17.83 billion, an increase of nearly 3,000 times. China continues to maintain its position as Argentina's second largest trading partner. In February 2022, the two sides issued a joint statement on deepening the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Argentina, and signed the "Understanding of the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Argentine Republic on Jointly Promoting the Construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road". A series of cooperation documents such as the Memorandum.
In the face of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China and Afghanistan have stood together and helped each other, writing a new chapter of China-Arab friendship and setting a model of solidarity and cooperation among emerging market countries.
On April 18, 2020, Argentina's first charter flight to Shanghai, China arrived at Buenos Aires , successfully carrying back a batch of anti-epidemic medical supplies and equipment purchased from China. The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a communiqué on the same day, saying that the Argentine government expresses its gratitude to the Chinese government for its strong support and assistance, and highly appreciates China's efforts and contributions to global cooperation in epidemic prevention and control.
Although China and Afghanistan are separated by 40,000 miles, the warm-hearted stories in the people-to-people exchanges compose a good story of mutual acquaintance and blind date between the people of the two countries.
In 2020, Lu Shu, an 8-year-old in Changsha, Hunan, received a gift from the Argentine Football Association's China Office - Messi's 10 jersey and his autograph. Lu Shu's mother, Wu Yu, made a wish through a video while supporting Hubei's fight against the epidemic: I hope that the Argentine star Messi will send his son a jersey to inspire him to become a member of the national youth team. I never thought that the gift from Argentina really came across the ocean to my son.
In recent years, China-Arab aerospace and marine cooperation has made positive contributions to human exploration of the stars and the sea.
In 2014, my country and the Argentine government signed an agreement to build my country's first overseas deep space measurement and control station, the Argentine Deep Space Station, in Neuquen Province, Argentina. In 2017, the deep space station was successfully completed and officially put into use for the peaceful development and utilization of outer space between China and Afghanistan. The Argentine deep space station has played an important role in carrying out missions such as "Chang'e 4" and " Tianwen-1 ".
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Planning: Feng Junyang
Producers: Yan Junyan, Zhao Hui
Reporters: Chen Yao, Li Jiarui, Ni Ruijie
Photographers: Li Ming, Xing Guangli, Zhang Cheng, Martin Sabara, Xue Yuge
Editors: Tang Zhiqiang, Jin Zheng, Wang Shen
poster: Dong Yuhong, Wang Yanqing
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