Peruvian president to visit China

BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru will pay a state visit to China from June 25 to 29 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Monday.

"This is President Boluarte's first state visit to China, and President Xi will hold talks with President Boluarte," Mao Ning, another spokesperson of the ministry, told a press briefing on the same day.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, will meet with Boluarte respectively, Mao said.

Noting that Peru is an important country in Latin America, Mao said China has established a comprehensive strategic partnership with Peru.

Since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than half a century ago, bilateral relations have made steady progress and fruitful results of cooperation have been achieved in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples, Mao said.

Through this visit, China hopes to solidify political mutual trust with Peru, enhance mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and deliver more outcomes of China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership to benefit the two peoples more, Mao added.