President Xi Jinping called China and Granada on Monday to write a new plan for long -term progression and the upper point of bilateral links, after Beijing with the country of the Caribbean island has effectively evolved beyond the two decades.
Xi made the remarks when meeting with Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell, his first foreign guest in the new year. Mitchell arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a seven-day official visit, which will also take him to Zhejiang province 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 evolved regularly, with the two parties consolidating each other’s politics accepting as true and gaining fruitful effects on practical cooperation in fields such as industry and economics, as well as schooling and agriculture.
The two countries signed a memorandum of the joint structure of the Belt and Road initiative in 2018. According to Chinese customs statistics, the bilateral industry in 2023 exceeded $ 24 million, an increase of 13. 1% in the annual change.
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.
While China’s progression brings new opportunities for progression to grenade and other countries, Xi said China will provide assistance for the island country’s socio-economic progression in the context of south-south cooperation and announce new highlights of bilateral cooperation in new energy, low-carbon, virtual economy and other fields.
China is helping to grant its reaction capabilities for replacement and climate prevention and the attenuation of disasters, and will continue to create awareness about the considerations of the small countries of the islands with respect to the replacement of the climate and their requests, 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 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.
By pointing out that the earthquake occurred in an area at great altitude, XI said that China has finished rescue and transitional resettlement paintings as soon as you can imagine and will bring to light the reconstruction paintings as soon as you can imagine.
The Chinese government is confident and capable of achieving victory in earthquake relief, Xi said.
Premier Li Qiang, who hosted a welcoming ceremony for Mitchell on Monday, said during their talks that China is ready to work with Grenada to maintain the good momentum of bilateral ties and keep expanding mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas to bring China-Grenada relations to a new level.
They witnessed the signing of several bilateral cooperation documents on the joint structure of belt and road, economy and trade, green progression and areas.
Zhao Distress, president of the Permanent Committee of the National Congress of the People, met with Mitchell on Monday.