STORY: Cooperation with China benefits both countries and beyond: Bolivian president
DATELINE: July 23, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:41
LOCATION: Brussels
CATEGORY: POLITICS
 
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Europa Building
2. various of the interview
3. SOUNDBITE (English): LUIS ARCE, Bolivian President
4. various of views in China
 
STORYLINE:
 
China has been an important partner for Bolivia, as bilateral cooperation benefits both countries and beyond, said Bolivian President Luis Arce.
 
Arce made the remarks in an interview with Xinhua on the sidelines of a summit between the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC).
 
The president said Bolivia and China enjoy friendly relations as the two sides support each other on a wide range of issues on many international multilateral occasions.
 
SOUNDBITE (English): LUIS ARCE, Bolivian President
"China is a very important partner for us, not only for the commercial and economic side, but also because we have a long story with China. We share many ideas.
First, I think we share a multilateralist view about the world. And secondly, we agree also that technologies and the economy have to reach everyone in the world, especially poor people.
We have natural resources and China has technologies, we can use them for the benefit of people."
 
On the Belt and Road cooperation and the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, Arce said he has high expectations and plans to achieve the goals.
 
Regarding some Western countries' peddling of the rhetoric of "decoupling" or "de-risking" from China, Arce said he doesn't agree with them as those countries want to defend their own interests against the newly rising countries.
 
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Brussels.
(XHTV)