On April 25, 2024, Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li held talks with Secretary-General of the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shmetari.
Deng Li said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Lebanon, the relations between the two countries have maintained healthy and stable development. In December 2022, President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Mikati reached an important consensus on the future development of China-Lebanon relations during the first China-Arab States Summit. China is ready to work with Lebanon to consolidate political mutual trust, actively implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, continue to firmly support each other in safeguarding core interests and national security and stability, strengthen friendly cooperation in various fields, and promote greater development of China-Lebanon relations.
Shmetari said that Lebanon attaches great importance to developing relations with China, firmly pursues the one-China policy, firmly supports China in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, resolutely opposes interference in China's internal affairs by external forces, and is willing to maintain close exchanges with China at all levels, strengthen communication and coordination in international and regional affairs, and push Lebanon-Chinese friendship to a new level.
The two sides also exchanged views on regional and international issues of common concern, such as the Gaza conflict.