President Xi Jinping asked China and Granada on Monday to write a new plan for the progression of high level and high level bilateral ties, after Beijing with the country of the Caribbean island has effectively evolved during more than more than two decades.
XI made those comments the assembly with Granada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell, his first foreign guest in the New Year. Mitchell arrived in Beijing on Saturday for an official seven -day visit, which will also take him to the province of Zhejiang and Shanghai.
Granada, in the Eastern Caribbean Sea with a domain of 344 square kilometers and a population of around 110,000 inhabitants, resumed diplomatic relations with China in 2005.
In recent years, China-Grenada relations have regularly evolved, the two parties that consolidate the political mutual accept as true and obtaining fruitful effects on practical cooperation in fields such as industry and economy, as well as schooling and agriculture .
The two countries signed a memorandum of the joint structure of the Belt and Road initiative in 2018. thanking China’s customs statistics, the bilateral industry in 2023 exceeded the 24 million US dollars, 13. 1 % more interannual.
Xi told Mitchell that China is willing to work with Grenada to better align their development strategies and push for more outcomes of bilateral cooperation to better benefit the two peoples.
As China’s development brings new development opportunities to Grenada and other countries, Xi said that China will provide assistance for the island country’s socioeconomic development within the South-South cooperation framework and foster new highlights of bilateral cooperation in new energy, low carbon, the digital economy and other fields.
China is helping to build its reaction capabilities for climate replacement and prevention and disaster mitigation, and will continue to raise awareness of small island countries’ considerations regarding climate replacement and their requests, he added.
XI also suggested the two parties for exchanges and cooperation in culture, education and tourism to announce mutual understanding among their peoples.
He noted that China has always attached great importance to its relations with Caribbean countries and will continue to provide assistance within its capacity to countries in the region to aid their economic and social development.
Mitchell said his country firmly adheres to the one-China principle, and China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected.
Hailing China as the leader of the Global South, Mitchell said that China always upholds equality among all countries regardless of their size, respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and acts on its commitments on global affairs.
The Grenadian leader also extended sincere condolences to the Chinese government and people over the recent earthquake in Dingri county in southwestern China’s Xizang autonomous region.
Noting that the earthquake occurred in a high-altitude area, Xi said that China has completed rescue and temporary resettlement work in the shortest possible time and will carry out reconstruction work as quickly as possible.
The Chinese government is confident and capable of achieving victory in earthquake relief, Xi said.
Premier Li Qiang, who held a rite of welcome in Mitchell on Monday, said his talks that China is willing to paint with Grenada to keep bilateral ties on track and continue to expand mutually favorable cooperation to a new level.
They witnessed the signing of several bilateral cooperation documents on the joint structure of the belt and the road, economy and trade, green progression and areas.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, also met with Mitchell on Monday.
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