As the fourth ministerial meeting of the China-Community of Latin American and Caribbean States Forum is set to open in Beijing soon, Fernando Lugris, Uruguayan ambassador to China and also dean of the Diplomatic Corps of Latin American and Caribbean Countries in China, highlighted the forum's strategic importance.

　　Over the past decade, China and LAC countries have held productive talks under this framework, he said. Lugris expressed the hope that the upcoming meeting would achieve fruitful outcomes, ushering in a new chapter of shared cooperation for the next 10 years.