China-Mexico ties increasingly strategic: Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto in Antalya, Turkey, Nov. 16, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

ANTALYA, Turkey -- Chinese President Xi Jinping said here on Monday that China-Mexico ties are becoming more strategic with larger global influence and the two countries should turn their consensus into sustained actions.

Xi made the remarks when meeting with his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Pena Nieto, on the sidelines of the Group of Twenty (G20) summit in the Turkish resort city of Antalya.

Noting that China and Mexico are both developing countries and emerging-market economies, Xi reiterated China's unswerving policy in developing the comprehensive strategic partnership with Mexico and expanding all-dimensional cooperation with the Mexican side.

Xi stressed that China stands ready to work with Mexico to maintain close cooperation on issues concerning G20 affairs, climate change, Asia-Pacific regional cooperation and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The two countries should maintain close high-level contact and promote friendly exchanges, the Chinese president suggested.

He urged the two sides to align their development strategies, expand the scale of two-way trade, optimize their trade structure and enhance dialogue on deepening production chain and supply chain cooperation.

Xi also called for concerted efforts to give full play to the supporting role of financial cooperation, make investment a new source of growth for China-Mexico practical cooperation, and strengthen industrial investment cooperation, so as to advance a new type of industrialization in both countries.

For his part, Pena said Mexico is committed to developing the comprehensive strategic partnership with China and stands ready to enhance high-level exchanges and political dialogue with the Chinese side.