Visit to China exceeded expectations
President Díaz-Canel fulfilled an intense work schedule on Friday in Beijing, the fourth point of his international tour through Algeria, Russia, Türkiye and China

Author: Leticia Martínez Hernández | internet@granma.cu

November 25, 2022 23:11:37

DIAZ-CANEL
This visit is “an expression of the high priority and personal attention we give to our close ties of friendship and cooperation,” Díaz-Canel said, upon being received by Xi Jinping.

Photo: Alejandro Azcuy
Beijing , China.– President Xi Jinping described the ties that unite China and Cuba as an “exemplary case of solidarity and cooperation between socialist countries”, the first country in the Western Hemisphere, he recalled, to establish diplomatic relations with the new China.

In the segment of official conversations with the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, Xi Jinping considered that the Island has always led the way in Latin America in the development of relations with China. Now we find ourselves, he said, at a new historical starting point. We are ready to continue working to deepen political mutual trust and broaden practical cooperation.

He spoke to his Cuban counterpart of “supporting each other on issues related to our respective interests and strengthening coordination and concertation in international affairs, with a view to advancing hand in hand on the path of socialist construction with its own characteristics.”

In response, Díaz-Canel thanked the invitation for the visit, the first of a Head of State of Latin America and the Caribbean, after the successful celebration of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of China. “It is an expression of the high priority and personal attention we give to our close ties of friendship and cooperation,” he said.

He assured that he values ​​very positively the theoretical and practical contributions of the leadership of Xi Jinping at the head of the Central Committee of the Party in the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, which we consider a true stimulus for all progressive forces.

Díaz-Canel recalled that this meeting coincided with the sixth anniversary of the physical departure of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Commander in Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, “who highlighted your capacity and firmness as a revolutionary leader.” Continue reading President Díaz-Canel fulfilled an intense work schedule on Friday in Beijing →

Cuba reaffirms its unreserved support to the “one China” principle
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Author: Granma | internet@granma.cu
august 3, 2022 10:08:10
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba states its firm rejection to the actions aimed at harming the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China; condemns interference in its internal affairs, and emphasizes its concern over the increasing tensions and further deterioration of the situation concerning Taiwan as a direct result of the aggressive policy and high military presence of the United States and its allies in the Taiwan Strait, military contacts and regular sale of weapons, actions all that undermine peace and international and regional peace.
New provocations, disguised as official contacts or high-level visits deliberately pose further dangers.
Cuba reaffirms its strict adherence to the “one China” principle and the acknowledgement of Taiwan as an inalienable part of the territory of that country.
The United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 2758 adopted on October 25, 1971, recognized the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the true and sole legitimate representative of the Chinese people. Today, it has diplomatic relations with 181 countries based on the acknowledgement of the “one-China” principle.
The purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law must be respected without selectivity or double standards.
China’s key role as a factor for stability and international balance cannot be disregarded, nor the relevance of its cooperation with developing countries with no political conditions attached.
Havana, August 2, 2022

Raúl receives highest state distinction granted by China to friends in other nations
Chinese President Xi Jinping awards his country’s Friendship Medal to the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz
Granmaoctober 1, 2019 09:10:23

Cuba’s ambassador in Beijing, Miguel Ángel Ramírez, accepted the award on behalf of Raúl. Photo: CubaSI

Chinese President Xi Jinping, on September 29, presented his country’s Friendship Medal awarded to the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz.
Miguel Ángel Ramírez, Cuban ambassador to that nation, received the distinction, according to Cubaminrex, in a ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People, where 41 Chinese and international figures were also recognized.
Raul is one of six individuals who were awarded the Friendship Medal, the highest state honor conferred on friends in other nations for their contributions in support of China’s socialist modernization and international cooperation with the country, and promoting world peace.
The granting of this important distinction to the Army General confirms the excellent state of relations between China and Cuba. As Raúl expressed at a meeting of leaders from China and Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Brasilia, on July 17, 2014, “More than half a century of cooperation with this country have allowed us to move forward in the development of a model relationship, which has stood the test of time.”
The medal is part of a recognition system created in 2017 and is the highest honor that the President of China grants to dignitaries and foreign friends for the merits cited above. Russian leader Vladimir Putin was the first to receive the distinction in June of 2018.
Xi Jinping presented the Republic and Friendship medals, plus other honorary titles in the context of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the People’s Republic of China’s founding.

Raúl receives Admiral Miao Hua, member of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China
During the fraternal meeting, the excellent relations of friendship shared by the two countries’ Parties, governments, peoples, and armed forces were reaffirmed

Granmamay 17, 2019 09:05:00

During the fraternal meeting, the excellent relations of friendship shared by the two countries’ Parties, governments, peoples, and armed forces were reaffirmed.

Photo: Estudios Revolución
Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, received Admiral Miao Hua on Thursday morning, a member of the Central Military Commission of the People’s Republic of China, and director of its Political Work Department, as well as the delegation accompanying him on an official visit to Cuba, invited by the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

During the fraternal meeting, the excellent relations of friendship shared by the two countries’ Parties, governments, peoples, and armed forces were reaffirmed.

The meeting was also attended by the members of the Political Bureau and Army Corps Generals Leopoldo Cintra Frías and Álvaro López Miera, minister and first deputy minister of the FAR, chief of the General Staff, respectively.