MADRID, Spain.- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel met this Friday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, during an official visit to the Asian country.
At the meeting, which took place in Beijing, the leader of the Chinese regime told Díaz-Canel that his country “will do everything possible to provide support” to the Cubans, who “face great challenges.”
As reported EuroNewsboth countries signed a consultation plan between their foreign ministries, another for the promotion of the New Silk Roads, with which China wants to strengthen ties with the rest of the world, and an agreement for the “strengthening of economic and commercial cooperation ”.
After his arrival in China, of which he shared images, the Cuban ruler said through Twitter: “It is an honor to be back in China, a country to which we have so many close ties. We come in response to an invitation from the esteemed President Xi Jinping, a great friend of Cuba.”
It is an honor to be back in China, a country to which we have so many close ties. We come in response to an invitation from the esteemed President Xi Jinping, a great friend of #Cuba. Intense, productive and certainly exciting hours await us. We’ll tell you. ?? ?? pic.twitter.com/dGTrSD3hIQ
— Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez (@DiazCanelB) November 24, 2022
The Cuban president also met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Kequiang, and “they discussed the possibilities of further strengthening economic relations and increasing the participation of Chinese businessmen in Cuba,” said the Cuban president. Cuban Presidency.
The Cuban president also met with Chinese Prime Minister Li Kequiang, and they discussed the possibilities of further strengthening economic relations and increasing the participation of Chinese businessmen in #Cuba. #DíazCanelInBeijing pic.twitter.com/A3KUAfLtnI
— Presidency Cuba ?? (@PresidenciaCuba) November 25, 2022
Díaz-Canel, who had not visited China since November 2018, arrived in Beijing from Turkey, and had previously been in Russia, where together with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin unveiled a monument to Fidel Castro.
According to the EFE news agency, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said earlier this week at a press conference that Díaz-Canel would be the first president of Latin America and the Caribbean to visit the country after the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China (CCP) last October.
The Cuban delegation, the most important to travel abroad since the start of COVID-19, is made up of Deputy Prime Ministers Ricardo Cabrisas and Alejandro Gil; Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez; the Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca; the Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O; and the Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal Miranda.
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