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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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96 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation ChinareachedanFTAwasChile.InNovember2008 ChinaandPeruconcluded theirFTAnegotiations.Inearly2009 ChinaandCostaRicaofficiallystarted theirfirstFTAtalks. After15 years of efforts Chinas entranceinto the InterAmerican DevelopmentBank IDB wasapprovedbytheothermembercountriesina votingprocesswhichendedon15October2008.Inearly2009 Chinaformally joinedtheIDB thusbecomingtheBanks48th membernation contributing USD350milliontovariousprogrammes.Chinapurchased184shares or0.004 percentoftheIDBsordinarycapital whichbecameavailableafterthebreakup ofYugoslavia. ChinaandBraziljointlylaunchedthreeremotesensingsatellitesin1999 2003and2007 respectively.Thiscooperation hasbeenrecognisedasan outstandingexample of SouthSouth cooperationin the hightech field.In October2008 ChinasuccessfullysentaVenezuelantelecommunicationsatellite into space. The satellite produced by Chinas Aerospace Science and TechnologyCorporationwithadesignedlongevityof15years isVenezuelas firsttelecom satelliteandisusedinbroadcasting teleeducationand medical services. InOctober2004 a95memberunitofofficersfromChinasriotpoliceforce wassenttoHaititojointheUnitedNationspeacekeepingoperationthere.This isthefirsttimeChinahasincludedmembersofitsriotpoliceforceinoverseas peacekeepingduties.Itstask wastosupporttheinternationalpeacekeeping presenceandlocalpolicetoenforcelaws dealwith masspublicsecurity emergencies serveasguardsonimportantpublicoccasionsandorganiseand trainalocalriotpolice.Thistaskwasaccomplishedsuccessfully.InJanuary 2005 theChinesepeacekeeperswereawardeda UN peace medalfortheir outstandingperformanceinthecrisistorncountry. Therearealsonongovernmentalorpeopletopeoplecontactsandexchanges betweenChinaandLatinAmerica.Morethanonehundredprovincesandcities havebeentwinned. InNovember2008 Chinapublishedapolicypaperon Latin America outlining35areasofcooperation.ItexpressedforthefirsttimetheChinese Governmentsdesireto viewitsrelationswithLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean instrategicterms .ItalsoreiteratedtheChineseGovernmentscommitmentto theoneChinapolicyanddeclaresitthepoliticalbasisfortheestablishmentand developmentofrelationsbetween ChinaandLatin AmericanandCaribbean countriesandregionalorganisations.