Recently, Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met with Ri Ryong Nam, Ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to China, Pham Sao Mai, Vietnamese Ambassador to China, Khamp hao Ernthavanh, Lao Ambassador to China, and Carlos Miguel Pereira, Cuban Ambassador to China respectively in Beijing, exchanging views on consolidating and deepening the traditional friendship between China and the four countries, and relations between the ruling parties of China and the four countries, continuously promoting cooperation in various areas, and jointly boosting the development of socialist causes in the new era.