China to deepen Belt and Road partnership with Cuba

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)

BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng held talks with Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, in Beijing on Monday.

China is ready to work with Cuba to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, deepen high-quality cooperation in jointly building the Belt and Road, promote the sound and sustainable development of bilateral trade, actively create a sound business environment for enterprises to invest, and jointly build a community with a shared future, He said.

Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz said Cuba is willing to strengthen practical cooperation with China in the economic and trade field and push for continuous new development of the special friendly relations between the two countries in the new era.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment of Cuba, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)