President Xi Jinping on Monday called on China and Grenada to write a new plan for long-term progression and the high point of bilateral ties, after Beijing with the Caribbean island country has effectively evolved beyond two decades.
XI made the comments when 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 take him to the province of Zhejiang and Shanghai.
Grenada, located in the eastern Caribbean Sea with an area of 344 square kilometers and a population of about 110,000, 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 on the joint structure of the Strip and Route initiative in 2018. According to Chinese customs statistics, the bilateral industry in 2023 exceeded 24 million dollars, 13. 1% more in the annual change .
Xi told Mitchell that China is willing to paint with Granada to align its methods of progression and press for more bilateral cooperation effects to obtain greater advantages of the two villages.
As China’s progression brings new opportunities for progression to Grenada and other countries, Xi said China will provide assistance for the island country’s socio-economic progression within the framework of south-south cooperation and announce new highlights of bilateral cooperation in new energy, low-carbon, low-carbon. , the virtual economy and other fields.
China is helping Granada in its ability to respond to weather conditions and mitigate disasters, and will continue to increase foreign awareness about the considerations of small island states about climate change and their demands, he added.
Xi also suggested the two sides for exchanges and cooperation in culture, schooling and tourism to herald mutual understanding among their peoples.
He pointed out that China has granted wonderful importance to its relations with the Caribbean countries and will continue to provide assistance within its capacity to the countries of the region to help its economic and social development.
Mitchell said that his country firmly adheres to China’s precept, and that China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected.
Organizing China as the leader of the Global South, Mitchell said that China still maintains equality among all countries, its size, respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries and act on their commitments on world 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.
Note that the earthquake occurred in a higher altitude area, Xi said that China had finished the transient rescue and resettlement paints as soon as imagined and is wearing down the reconstruction paints as temporarily as imaginable.
The Chinese government is confident and capable of achieving victory in earthquake relief, Xi said.
Prime Minister Li Qiang, who organized a welcome rite in Mitchell on Monday, said in his conversations that China was in conditions of paintings with Granada at the right time for bilateral ties and continues to make mutually favorable cooperation in a whole 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 Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, met Mitchell on Monday.
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