China, Mexico called on to advance friendship

China and Mexico should continue to enhance exchanges, carry forward their friendship and take advantage of the highly complementary nature of their economies to advance pragmatic cooperation, President Xi Jinping said on Monday during a meeting with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

The meeting, held on the sidelines of the 19th G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was their first since Sheinbaum was sworn in as the first female president of Mexico in October.

Xi congratulated Sheinbaum on her election and described his visit to Mexico in 2013 as a "memorable experience". He called for allaround development of China-Mexico relations in the new era.