The close fraternal friendship between China and Cuba was reaffirmed in a recent visit of a delegation of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the socialist Caribbean island, led Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Central Committee’s Publicity Department. The delegation was in Cuba to attend the sixth joint theoretical seminar between the CPC and the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), which was held on October 23, with the theme, “Advancing the Socialist Cause and Building a Shared Future.”
The previous day, Li had met with Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PCC and President of the Republic of Cuba.
Li said China is ready to work with Cuba to implement the important consensus reached by the two top leaders, deepen traditional ties, expand friendly cooperation, and support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests, while collaborating closely on international and regional issues and jointly building a China-Cuba community with a shared future.
Having received the greetings of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Díaz-Canel asked Li to convey his best wishes to Xi and spoke highly of the special friendship between the two parties and countries.
Li also met with Esteban Lazo Hernández, a member of the Political Bureau of the PCC Central Committee, President of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power and President of Cuba’s Council of State, held talks with Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organisation of the PCC Central Committee, and visited General Raúl Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Granma, the official organ of the PCC, quoted Díaz-Canel as telling Li, with unmistakable reference to the severe economic crisis currently being faced by Cuba, characterised not least by repeated nationwide power outages: “This visit, at the moment Cuba is living, is one more proof of the indestructible bonds of friendship that exist between our peoples, parties and governments.”
He added that he was looking forward to meeting again with Xi Jinping at the upcoming BRICS Summit in the Russian city of Kazan. However, Díaz-Canel later cancelled his visit due to the domestic economic situation.
Similar sentiments to those expressed by Díaz-Canel were echoed by Esteban Lazo Hernández, who told the Chinese comrades:
“A visit, in the midst of this situation, is one more expression of the deep ties of unbreakable friendship that exist between the Communist Party of China and that of Cuba and, likewise, between our peoples.”
He further underlined the relevance of the seminar held in Havana, saying: “I want to reiterate the importance and usefulness of the theoretical seminars to exchange experiences on the construction of socialism on the tenth anniversary of the beginning of this inter-party practice.”
The following articles were originally published by the Xinhua News Agency and Granma.
Cuba’s top leader meets senior Chinese official
HAVANA, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — Miguel Diaz-Canel, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Cuban president, met on Tuesday with Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, who led a CPC delegation to Cuba and attended the sixth theoretical seminar of the two parties.
Li conveyed warm greetings from Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, to Diaz-Canel, noting that Xi and Diaz-Canel have reached important consensuses on the development of party-to-party and state-to-state relations, charting a clear course for the longstanding friendship between China and Cuba.
Li said China is ready to work with Cuba to implement the important consensuses reached by the two top leaders, deepen traditional ties, expand friendly cooperation, and support each other on issues concerning each other’s core interests, while collaborating closely on international and regional issues and jointly building a China-Cuba community with a shared future.
Diaz-Canel asked Li to convey his best wishes to Xi, and spoke highly of the special friendship between the two parties and countries.
He expressed sincere gratitude for China’s support to Cuba’s economic and social development, adding that Cuba is willing to strengthen exchanges on governance between the two parties, deepen practical cooperation across various fields and enhance international collaboration with China, so as to work together to build a Cuba-China community with a shared future.
In addition, Li met with Esteban Lazo Hernandez, a member of the Political Bureau of the PCC Central Committee, president of Cuba’s National Assembly of People’s Power and president of Cuba’s Council of State, held talks with Roberto Morales Ojeda, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of organization of the PCC Central Committee, and visited General Raul Castro, leader of the Cuban Revolution.
Li was also a keynote speaker at the theoretical seminar, which was held in Havana on Wednesday under the theme “Advancing the Socialist Cause and Building a Shared Future.”
Cuba and China, close in all circumstances
Oct. 23 (Granma) — The 6th Theory Seminar between the Communist Parties of Cuba and China is taking place today.
“This visit, at the moment Cuba is living, is one more proof of the indestructible bonds of friendship that exist between our peoples, Parties and governments,” meant the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, upon receiving, last night, Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and head of its Publivity Department.
The also Chairman of the National Defense Council stressed the importance that both countries attach “to the exchange of high-level political delegations” and, as part of the dialogue, sent “warm greetings to our friend, President Xi Jinping”, with whom he had, he said, “every expectation and desire to be able to meet at the Brics Summit.”
We are very hopeful, he stressed, for “the leadership of comrade Xi Jinping as General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and also for his leadership at world level; we admire his thinking and I believe that the role he can play in the Summit is very important.”
The exchange was also attended by the member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization, Roberto Morales Ojeda, who had earlier received the visitor, who heads the Chinese delegation attending today the 6th Theory Seminar between the Communist Parties of Cuba and China.
Morales Ojeda and Li Shulei confirmed the willingness of their organizations to learn from each other’s theoretical and practical experiences in the respective processes of building socialism.
Cuba and China in the embrace of cooperation
Oct. 25 (Granma) — Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau and the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China, together with a large delegation of party leaders, spoke here about the mutually beneficial cooperation and the progress of the exchange of experiences.
While exchanging with Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China, and head of its Publicity Department; the member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Party and President of the Cuban Parliament, Esteban Lazo Hernández, ratified the solid ties between both countries.
“A visit, in the midst of this situation, is one more expression of the deep ties of unbreakable friendship that exist between the Communist Party of China and that of Cuba and, likewise, between our peoples,” he meant.
He referred to the relevance of the 6th Theoretical Seminar held in Havana, as a fundamental space to forge cooperation alliances. “I want to reiterate the importance and usefulness of the theoretical seminars to exchange experiences on the construction of socialism on the tenth anniversary of the beginning of this inter-party practice,” he added.
Li Shulei, together with a large delegation of party leaders, spoke about the mutually beneficial cooperation and the progress of experience exchange.
He expressed how, “under the strategic leadership of Xi Jinping and Díaz-Canel, the links between both Parties and countries are being promoted, with a very smooth progress based on a deep communication on strategic issues for Cuba and China,”
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