In response to the US Embassy in Mexico's social media post quoting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement that "We will counter China's influence by strengthening our alliances and diversifying supply chains," the Chinese Embassy in Mexico said on Friday that it firmly opposes such statement, noting that a lie, even if repeated a thousand times, will not become the truth.

Such remarks are filled with outdated Cold War mentality and zero-sum game thinking. The US never stops touting "strengthening alliances" and "diversifying supply chains," yet in reality, driven solely by self-interest, according to the official website of Chinese Embassy in Mexico on Friday.

The US flagrantly interferes in the internal affairs of Latin American countries, arbitrarily imposes unilateral and illegal sanctions, habitually shifts its own problems - such as drug trafficking and immigration - onto other nations, and routinely threatens to impose additional tariffs at every turn, according to the embassy. 

The US also deliberately jeopardizes the friendship between China and Latin America by sowing discord with the so-called "countering China's influence."

China-Latin America relationship stands upright with honor. Pragmatic cooperation between the two sides is not subject to any political conditions or third parties, meets the fundamental interests of the Chinese and Latin American people, and stands the test of history, said the embassy.

The Chinese Embassy solemnly urges the US side to restrain its arrogance and prejudice, respect the sovereignty and dignity of Latin American countries, and stop smearing and blackening China and China-Latin America relations. The embassy advises the US to carefully examine itself in the mirror, focus on self-improvement to address its domestic problems instead of shifting the blame onto others.