China ready to join Laos for new chapter of ties: Xi

President Xi Jinping meets with visiting Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 6, 2020. - Xinhua

BEIJING (Xinhua): China is ready to work with Laos to open up a new stage and write a new chapter for the relations between the two parties and the two countries in the new era, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (Dec 22).

Xi made the remarks during his telephone conversation with Bounnhang Vorachith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee and president of Laos.