China willing to take ties with Cuba to higher levels

According to Geng Shuang, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Beijing is ready to celebrate the event with Havana in 2020, as China considers it a new historical starting point that will strengthen mutual political trust.

Geng also welcomed the appointment of Manuel Marrero as Prime Minister of Cuba and recalled that his Chinese counterpart, Li Keqiang, sent a congratulatory message yesterday.

On September 28, 1960, Cuba recognized the People’s Republic of China as the only legitimate representative of the Chinese people in the international arena and that act was the catalyst for the harmonious and uninterrupted advance of these solid ties by the authorities of both sides.

Cuba thus became the first State in Latin America and the Caribbean to establish diplomatic relations with the young Socialist Republic born just 11 years before, in 1949, and today the second world power.

Throughout this time, political exchanges flourished with fluid talks and reached a significant level thanks to the reciprocal visits of senior officials annually, which, in addition, increasingly consolidates mutual trust. (Taken from Prensa Latina)