During a brief meeting, the diplomats agreed that both nations share their achievements as well as the challenges they face in the current scenario.
According to the official X account of the Cuban Embassy, Blanco congratulated the Chinese foreign minister on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year, the most important traditional holiday in China.
Although diplomatic relations will be 65 years old, the historic ties date back to the 19th century, when the first Chinese citizens arrived in Cuba.
On September 2, 1960, in front of more than one million people, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, urged breaking relations with the government of Taiwan in order to establish diplomatic ties with the People’s Republic of China, led by Mao Zedong.
On September 28, 1960, Cuba became the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to establish diplomatic ties with the new China, paving the way for relations between Beijin and the rest of the nations of the region.
In 2024, bilateral exchanges were boosted and the two countries reinforced their traditional cooperation and friendship with multiple visits and initiatives.
On several occasions, Beijing reiterated its support for Havana in the fight against the United States blockade, and demanded Cuba’s removal from Washington’s unilateral list of countries sponsoring terrorism.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly reaffirmed that Cuba and China are “good friends, good comrades and good brothers.”
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