China hopes to promote south-south human rights cooperation with Suriname

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Suriname Foreign Minister Yldiz Pollack-Beighle in Beijing, December 7, 2017. /Photo from fmprc.gov.cn

According to Wang, China welcomes Suriname to join the Belt and Road Initiative and will do what it can to help the Latin American country's economic and social development.

For her part, Pollack-Beighle said the government and ruling party of Suriname attach great importance to relations with China and will continue to firmly adhere to the one-China policy.

Suriname is grateful for China's aid to its economy, education, health and infrastructure, she said.

Suriname hopes to join the Belt and Road Initiative, she said, voicing support of the construction of a community with shared future for mankind.