A media pool report cited Xi as saying China backed Latin American and Caribbean nations in upholding sovereignty, security and development interests, to help defuse a volatile international situation and “escalating unilateral bullying”. China and Uruguay should “work together to advance an equal and orderly multipolar world and an inclusive, universally beneficial economic globalisation,” Xi said ­yesterday. Uruguay would like to increase trade in goods, especially through diversification, and invest more strongly in services and investment, the pool report added. China “is willing to work with Uruguay and other regional countries to deepen and solidify the building of a China-Latin America community with a shared future,” Xi said. It backs Uruguay in taking on the rotating presidency of the Group of 77+, he added, aiming to boost solidarity in the developing Global South.

Source: The Star February 04, 2026 11:50 UTC