China expects strengthened collaboration with Switzerland through IOMed: FM

China looks forward to strengthening communication, collaboration and experience exchange with Switzerland in areas such as dispute settlement through the International Organization for Mediation (IOMed), Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Hong Kong on Friday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a meeting with Swiss Federal Councilor and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis while attending the signing ceremony of the Convention on the Establishment of the IOMed.

Noting that the IOMed is the world's first intergovernmental international legal organization specialized in dispute resolving, Wang expected its role in jointly practicing multilateralism and safeguarding international fairness and justice.

Stressing that Hong Kong's social stability and economic development thanks to "one country, two systems", Wang hoped that Switzerland would deepen exchanges and cooperation with Hong Kong in various fields.

He briefed Cassis about the recent China-U.S. high-level meeting on economic and trade affairs in Geneva, and thanked Switzerland for providing convenience.

Cassis said the IOMed is an important step in resolving differences through mediation, and opens up a new area of cooperation between Switzerland and China.

He expected China to play a greater role facing the world full of uncertainties.

Switzerland is willing to uphold a positive attitude towards China and take the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries as an opportunity to further promote their relations, Cassis added.