On October 21, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun held a regular press conference. A reporter asked, according to reports, on October 19 local time, the Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia stated that preliminary vote counting results for the Bolivian presidential election showed that Christian Democratic candidate Paz won the election with 54.5% of the votes. What is China's comment on this?

Guo said that China congratulated Pascal on his election and believes that under the leadership of President Pascal, Bolivia's national construction will continue to new achievements.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Bolivia, and Bolivia is China's strategic partner. China is willing to make joint efforts with the new Bolivian government to promote the sustained development of China-Bolivia relations and better benefit the two peoples.

(CCTV reporter Shen Yang)