Successful visit, with high understanding and commitment, Diaz-Canel describes visit to China

HAVANA, Cuba, Nov 25 (ACN) Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said today on his last day in China that the visit was a successful one, with a high level of understanding and commitment from Chinese leaders.

Before concluding the official visit, the president met in Beijing with Asian authorities of the Assembly and the Government, and paid tribute to the heroes of the Chinese people.

The Presidency published on Twitter that during the meeting between the president and Li Zhanshu, president of the National People's Congress of China, both highlighted the excellent parliamentary relations that exist between their countries.

In his meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Diaz-Canel reaffirmed the importance that Cuba gives to the participation of the Chinese business sector in the process of updating the Cuban economic and social model, and thanked China for its solidarity with the Caribbean people.

During the exchange, they discussed the possibilities of further strengthening economic relations and increasing the participation of Chinese businessmen in Cuba.

Cuban and his delegation arrived at Tiananmen Square to lay a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes, in tribute to the martyrs of that sister nation.

Following the sanitary protocol of the Chinese authorities, Diaz-Canel held a virtual meeting with the group of the Cuban state mission, where they talked about the homeland and evoked the Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro on the 6th anniversary of his death.

Friday, presidents of Cuba and China held official talks where both expressed their intention to continue deepening political trust and broadening cooperation, and representatives of both countries signed 12 cooperation agreements.