On May 12, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Colombian Foreign Minister Laura Sarabia in Beijing.

Wang Yi congratulated Colombia on assuming the rotating presidency of the China-CELAC Forum. He noted that since the official launch of the China-CELAC Forum ten years ago, China and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have treated each other as equals, rendered mutual support, and steadily deepened mutually beneficial cooperation, contributing to the accelerated development and revitalization of LAC countries. China is ready to work with Colombia to make the Ministerial Meeting a grand gathering of the big China-LAC family featuring unity, pragmatism and efficiency, and write a new and highlighted chapter in China-LAC relations.

Wang Yi said that in recent years, China-Colombia relations have maintained a sound momentum of development, and the friendship between China and Colombia has enjoyed broad support from both peoples. In 2023, the two countries established a strategic partnership and witnessed frequent exchanges at all levels, new progress in cooperation across various fields, and a new breakthrough in bilateral trade volume. China's efforts to build new, open and higher-standard economic systems will bring significant development opportunities for LAC countries, including Colombia. China always views its relations with Colombia from a strategic and long-term perspective, supports Colombia's domestic peace process, and is ready to take the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries as an opportunity to carry out Belt and Road cooperation with Colombia, enhance people-to-people and cultural exchanges, and jointly push forward China-Colombia relations, so as to deliver greater benefits to both peoples and contribute to peace and stability in the region and the world.

Laura Sarabia expressed her appreciation for China's support for Colombia's peace process and the country's efforts to explore diversified development. She said that Colombia is willing to join the Belt and Road Initiative and work for more tangible outcomes of bilateral cooperation, while hoping for increased Chinese investment in the country. The past decade witnessed the important role that the China-CELAC Forum has played in promoting the LAC's development and advancing LAC-China cooperation. Colombia fully supports the success of the Ministerial Meeting, and is willing to strengthen solidarity and cooperation with China and other countries in the Global South to bring greater benefits to the people of LAC and China and inject more certainty into the world.