Xi meets with foreign leaders in Chengdu

GT: As young athletes gather in Chengdu, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province to compete in the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games, China also starts its summer season diplomacy by welcoming foreign leaders and discuss how to further promote bilateral relations and strengthen solidarity of the Global South to inject impetus into the world in the post COVID-19 era.

On Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony of the Chengdu Universiade together with visiting foreign leaders – Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia, President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the Republic of Burundi, and President Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ghazouani of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.