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Online concert held in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of China-Cook Islands diplomatic ties

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Updated: 2022-12-12

Themed "Melodies of the Friendship across the Ocean", an online concert in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of China-Cook Islands Diplomatic Ties was broadcast at 19:30 on December 2nd, Cook Islands time in Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands. 

The online concert was jointly organized by Zhuhai and the Ministry of Cultural Development of the Cook Islands.

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It was also broadcast at 18:00 Beijing time on December 9th on media platforms such as the Zhuhai Guanhai App, the official Facebook homepage and YouTube channel of the Ministry of Cultural Development of the Cook Islands.

Music has no borders. The concert was performed by Zhuhai Traditional Chinese Orchestra and the performance team from the Cook Islands. Artists from the two countries used local music to communicate and build bridges between cultures.

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"The last 25 years have seen steady progress of the bilateral relations between China and the Cook Islands. The two countries have treated each other in the spirit of equality and mutual respect," said Wang Xiaolong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of China to New Zealand, the Cook Islands and Niue.

Eight years ago, as the Belt and Road cooperation extended southward to the South Pacific, China and the Pacific Island Countries upgraded their relations to comprehensive strategic partnership.

He noted, Zhuhai is a pioneer in promoting sub-national practical cooperation between China and the Pacific Island Countries. "Zhuhai has since then actively engaged in a multitude of fruitful collaborations with the Cook Islands in a broad range of areas contributing to the overall bilateral relations between China and the Cook Islands in both breadth and depth," said Wang Xiaolong.

George Angene Maggie, Minister of Cultural Development of the Cook Islands, said that China and the Cook Islands have come along with friendship for the past 25 years. He extended thanks to the people of China through the online concert.

Anthony Turua, Secretary of Ministry of Cultural Development of the Cook Islands, said that the Cook Islands and China have learned from each other's experience and participated in multiple people-to-people exchanges over the years. These exchanges have been invaluable to both sides as these have allowed two countries to gain deeper appreciation of each other's culture and the principles and values.

Huang Zhihao, Mayor of Zhuhai City, China said that due to COVID-19 epidemic, people could not meet in person but the distance will not hinder the friendship at all. He hopes that the friendship between the Cook Islands and Zhuhai will always be as wonderful and long-lasting as the music.

Huang furthered, with the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Cook Islands as a new starting point, the two sides will join hands to write a splendid chapter of China-Cook Islands friendship.

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