Xi Jinping holds talks with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, says China will work with Cuba
President Xi Jinping holds a ceremony to welcome Cuba s Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez ahead of their talks on November 25, 2022 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. DING LIN XINHUA BEIJING Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China CPC Central Committee and Chinese President, held talks Friday with Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and Cuban president.
Xi said Diaz-Canel is the first Latin American and Caribbean head of state received by China since the 20th CPC National Congress held last month, which shows the special friendship between the two countries and parties.
Cuba is the first country in the Western Hemisphere to have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Xi said that our ties have become an example of solidarity and cooperation between socialist countries, as well as an example of sincere mutual assistance between developing countries.
After presenting the key outcomes of the 20th CPC National Congress, Xi said that the CPC will unite and lead the Chinese people to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization.
No matter how the international situation may change, China's commitment to long-term friendship with Cuba will not change. China's will to work with Cuba to safeguard international fairness and justice, and oppose hegemony and power politics will not change, Xi said.
On November 25, 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a ceremony to welcome Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. RAO AIMIN XINHUA President Xi Jinping holds a meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on November 25, 2022. Premier Li Keqiang said that China and Cuba have always been committed to mutual trust and close coordination, despite the fact that they have always been committed to mutual trust and close coordination.
He said that China is willing to work with Cuba to improve high-level exchanges, expand pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and will continue to support each other on issues of core interests and major concerns to push for new progress in China-Cuba ties.
On November 25, 2022, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. DING LIN XINHUA Diaz-Canel thanked China for a strong support to Cuba in safeguarding national sovereignty and independence, working for economic and social development and fighting the epidemic.
He stated that he wanted to deepen cooperation with China in key areas such as economy, trade, finance, fisheries, digital economy, clean energy, and infrastructure to cope with complex situations and severe challenges, and push bilateral relations to a new high.
The top legislators in China, Li Zhanshu, met with Bermudez the same day.