On the afternoon of September 24, local time, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met respectively with Nepalese Prime Minister Babu Ram Bhattarai and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota at UN headquarters in New York.

During his meeting with Nepalese Prime Minister Babu Ram Bhattarai and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, Yang said that China and Nepal are traditional friendly neighbors and both sides have always honored the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence with mutual respect, support and help for each other. China appreciated the Nepalese government's firm support for China on issues concerning its core interests such as Taiwan and Tibet. In recent years, the two countries have established a comprehensive cooperative partnership that will carry on from generation to generation, he said. In order to further promote China-Nepal relations, the two sides need to maintain the momentum of high-level exchanges, enhance trade and economic cooperation, and increase people-to-people exchanges, Yang said. China respects Nepal's choice of development path based on its national conditions and hopes for stability and development of the country at an early date, Yang said. Bhattarai and Shrestha said that Nepal and China are friendly neighbors accommodating each other's concerns. There are no pending problems in bilateral relations and both sides have continuously deepened dialogue, exchanges and mutually beneficial cooperation. Nepal is willing to work with China to elevate bilateral ties to a new height, they said.

During the meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Binh Minh, Yang said that China-Vietnam relations, which enjoy a brilliant prospect, have developed steadily in recent years. Both sides reached lots of consensus during the recent 5th meeting of the China-Vietnam Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation, which pointed out the direction for both sides to handle and advance bilateral relations. Both sides should earnestly implement the consensus. On the issue concerning the South China Sea, the two sides need to handle the relations from a strategic perspective, patch up differences, actively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC) and promote practical cooperation, he said. Minh said bilateral ties have made important progress in recent years with deepening exchanges in all areas. As bilateral ties are at an important stage of development, Vietnam stands ready to work with China to enhance high-level exchange of visits, mutual trust and friendship between the two peoples. Vietnam is willing to make efforts with China to properly handle the disputes over the South China Sea, he added.

In the meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, Yang said bilateral ties have ushered in a new development phase since the two countries established a comprehensive, strategic and cooperative partnership. In order to further enhance the ties, the two sides should maintain high-level visits, deepen economic and trade cooperation and strengthen cooperation and coordination on multilateral issues, said Yang. Hor said his country appreciated China's assistance for Cambodia's economic and social development, saying that bilateral ties have been developing well and achieved fruitful results. The two countries have also conducted effective cooperation within the ASEAN-China framework, he said. The two sides also lauded the follow-up action guidelines of the DOC and agreed that it is the first imperative to conduct practical cooperation on issues concerning the South China Sea. Both sides also exchanged views on East Asian cooperation.

In the meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, Yang said that China-Brazil relations have maintained a good momentum of rapid development with strong growth of economic and trade cooperation. The two countries have conducted close communication and collaboration on major regional and international issues and made positive contributions to safeguarding the interests of developing countries, promoting democracy in international relations and promoting world peace and stability, he said. China and Brazil need to further expand cooperation in various areas and deepen their strategic partnership, Yang said. Patriota said bilateral ties have been developing smoothly and both sides have conducted sound cooperation within the United Nations and the BRICS mechanism. Brazil hopes to strengthen trade and investment cooperation with China, make joint efforts to meet global challenges and promote the democratization in international relations.