On the morning of June 13, 2023, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with Honduran President Fidel Castro, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the people. Li Qiang pointed out that China and Honduras are new friends and partners, and they should be good friends and partners of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit and common development. China firmly supports Hong in maintaining its independence and is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Hong in multilateral affairs, jointly safeguard international fairness and justice, jointly address global challenges, and safeguard the common interests of the vast number of developing countries. The two sides should steadily promote practical cooperation, actively carry out people-to-people exchanges, demonstrate mutual benefit and win-win results with the results of cooperation, and benefit the two peoples with practical actions. China is willing to work with Hong to tap the trade potential of the two countries, step up the follow-up to the agreement on the export of products with Hong's characteristics to China, start the process of negotiating a free trade agreement as soon as possible, steadily carry out investment and financing cooperation, and speed up the construction of livelihood projects. It is hoped that Honduras will provide a good and convenient investment environment for Chinese enterprises to invest and start a business. China welcomes Hong as a new member of the "Belt and Road Initiative" family and is willing to work with Hong to promote the construction of "Belt and Road Initiative" with high quality. Castro said that Hong attaches great importance to Hong-China relations and thanks the Chinese side for its fruitful work in promoting cooperation between the two countries since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Hong and China. Hong scrupulously abides by the one-China principle, supports a series of important initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping, and is willing to work with China to strengthen cooperation in agriculture, poverty reduction, infrastructure construction and other fields, enhance people-to-people exchanges, and promote the stability and development of Hong-China relations for the benefit of the two peoples.