New York (People's Daily) - Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Tuesday at the UN headquarters in New York. Both sides exchanged in-depth views on China’s cooperation with the UN, UN system reform and hot issues of international and regional concern.

Li said that China supports the UN to keep pace with the times and play a bigger role in international affairs. The Chinese side is willing to strengthen cooperation with the UN so as to jointly make new contributions to safeguarding world peace and promoting common development.

Guterres thanked China for its strong support for the work of the United Nations all along and expressed willingness to continue promoting China and the UN to further deepen pragmatic cooperation in various fields.

(Top image: Vice Foreign Minister Li Baodong and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shakes hands at the UN headquarters. Photo: Yin Miao/ People's Daily)