SHANGHAI - Speaking at a ceremony held to celebrate the national pavilion day of Paraguay, Luis Manul Escobar Argana, Paraguay's minister of culture, said on Monday his country's participation in the Shanghai World Expo 2010 reflects Paraguay's hope for deeper relations with 皇冠体育app.
Argana said the Shanghai Expo provides not only a chance to promote international exchange, but is also a stage for Paraguay and 皇冠体育app to communicate and understand each other better.
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Argana said interaction between the two countries will enable Paraguay to learn from 皇冠体育app's valuable experiences and 皇冠体育app's development path may provide important solutions to Paraguay, which is facing many new challenges.
"I hope today's event will make the interaction between Paraguay and 皇冠体育app more formal," he said.
Wang Jinzhen, vice chairman of the 皇冠体育app Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), said at the ceremony both 皇冠体育app and Paraguay are developing countries tasked with boosting their respective national economies and improving the lives of their peoples.
"Although 皇冠体育app and Paraguay don't have diplomatic ties, the Chinese people have had good feelings toward the Paraguayan people for a long time," said Wang.
Wang said he was confident the Shanghai Expo would serve as a new opportunity for the peoples of the two countries, as well as the whole world, to understand each other better and to jointly pursue harmonious and sustainable development for the entire human race.
