On April 26, 2016, Director-General of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zhu Qingqiao held the tenth consultation between the Chinese and Russian Foreign Ministries on Latin American Affairs with Director of the Latin American Department of the Foreign Ministry Alexander Shchetinin of Russia in Moscow. Both sides exchanged in-depth views on the situation in Latin America, respective relations with Latin America as well as other topics, and communicated with some scholars on Latin American studies from the two countries.