Cuba thanked this Saturday the people and government of China for the generous donation granted as part of the consensus reached between the top leaders of both nations.
The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, stated on his Twitter account that the donation, equivalent to some 100 million dollars, “will have a positive impact on the well-being of the Cuban population,” according to a dispatch of the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
We are deeply grateful to the Chinese people and government for the generous donation to our country, as part of the important consensus reached between our top leaders????, which will have a positive impact on the well-being of the Cuban population. pic.twitter.com/DdE1Ei9klk
— Bruno Rodríguez P (@BrunoRguezP) January 27, 2023
The donation It was granted by the Chinese government in the context of President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s official visit to the Asian country in November 2022, the fourth stop on an international tour that also included Algeria, Russia and Turkey.
On that occasion, Díaz-Canel met with his counterpart Xi Jinping, a meeting in which the Chinese president described the bilateral ties as an exemplary case of solidarity and cooperation between socialist countries, adds the information.
On January 18, the agreement for the official delivery of the donation was signed by the Cuban ambassador to China, Carlos Pereira, and Tang Wenhong, vice president of the International Cooperation Agency for the development of that Asian country.
Shortly after the protocol act, Pereira stressed that the gesture “will also contribute to China’s strategic participation in our economic and social development plans and the construction of a community of shared destiny that we want to create for the benefit of our countries and peoples,” according to a report from the Prensa Latina (PL) agency.
According to the Cuban authorities, this amount will be used for the execution of projects with a high social impact linked to prioritized sectors of the economy.
