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MONTEVIDEO, March 23-- China and Uruguay vow to work together to promote bilateral ties and deepen cooperation, visiting Chinese Vice Premier Hu Chunhua and Uruguayan Vice President Lucia Topolansky said in a meeting here on Saturday. Hu conveyed Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan's warm greetings to Topolansky, who is also president of the General Assembly and president of the Senate. Hu said that during Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's successful state visit to China in 2016, the two countries established their strategic partnership. Hu said President Xi Jinping sent him to visit Uruguay primarily to further implement the consensus reached by the two heads of states and to promote the continuous development of bilateral relations. Hu pointed out that Uruguay is the first country in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) to sign a memorandum of understanding on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with China. The regional bloc currently has four full members, namely Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Chinese and Uruguayan economies are highly complementary and have great potential for cooperation. It is hoped that both sides will work together to deepen bilateral cooperation in such fields as agriculture, infrastructure, industrial capacity and investment, Hu added. He said China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Uruguay in inspection and quarantine, fishery industry and food processing and logistics, among others, so as to constantly promote their agricultural cooperation. | 
