Havana, Feb 1, (RHC), -- Chinese Ambassador in Cuba, Zhang Tao, on Friday praised the establishment of the CELAC-China Forum during the recently concluded summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, saying the consultation mechanism will be instrumental to the strengthening of business and cooperation relations with Cuba and other countries in the region.

The Chinese diplomat stated that CELAC has consolidated itself as an association for international dialogue and cooperation, adding that both the Latin American and Caribbean region as well as China would highly benefit from this developing relationship.

The 2nd Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States took place in Havana on January 28 and 29 and it gathered delegations from the 33 countries of the region.