BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Cuban leaders pledged mutual support for the “core interests” of fellow communist nations on Friday at a meeting that further welcomed Beijing’s return to face-to-face diplomacy.
In comments to Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, Xi said China hopes to “strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs” with Cuba. In a Chinese government news release, President Xi Jinping said the two countries would “tread the path of building socialism with their own characteristics.”
China generally defines core interests as the defense of its economic and political development objectives as well as control over China’s claimed territories. Especially Autonomous Taiwan.
The Chinese government news release did not mention the specific issue or other countries.
Diaz Canel’s visit is a further sign of how China is seeking to revitalize face-to-face diplomacy after such exchanges were effectively shut down during the pandemic.
Xi, who is also the leader of the ruling Communist Party and has lifted term limits so he can remain in power indefinitely, Meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz After meeting in Beijing earlier this month, I attended the meeting of the Group of 20 Major Countries in Indonesia and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Thailand.
Mongolian President Uhunagiin Khurelsukh and European Council President Charles Michel are scheduled to visit Beijing next week.
Diaz Canel arrives in China After visiting MoscowHe and Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the “traditional friendship” between the sanctioned countries.
Just as China and Russia gradually established friendly relations in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, largely in opposition to the US-led liberal democratic world order, China and Cuba have grown closer. rice field.
In a Chinese news release, Diaz-Canel was quoted as saying his visit “shows great importance and attention to the friendly and cooperative relations between Cuba and China.” rice field.
Cuba “highly appreciates” Xi’s practical and theoretical contributions and believes it will be “a real encouragement to all progressive forces in the world,” he said.
China, Cuba’s second largest trading partner after major oil producer Colombia, provides buses, locomotives and other equipment for island drives to upgrade aging infrastructure doing. Chinese companies are also investing in mining in Cuba, but on a limited scale.