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World Business Report: First broadcast 25/10/2023 21:32 GMT : China elevates diplomatic ties with Colombia

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China elevates diplomatic ties with Colombia

First broadcast 25/10/2023 21:32 GMT 

First broadcast 25/10/2023 21:32 GMT : China elevates diplomatic ties with Colombia

BBC World Service - World Business Report, China elevates diplomatic ties with Colombia

Beijing upgrades its relationship with Bogota to ‘strategic’

President Xi Jinping agrees to deepen ties during counterpart Gustavo Petro’s visit to Beijing.

Colombia’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People on his maiden state visit to the world’s second-largest economy.

The two countries have elevated diplomatic relations to the next level - a so-called "strategic-partnership" - which is likely to raise eyebrows in Washington, given Colombia is the oldest US ally in Latin America.

(Picture: Colombian President Visits China. Picture credit: Getty Images)

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