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Chinese top legislator visits Cuban leader Fidel Castro
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-09-04 11:26
HAVANA: Visiting Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo on Thursday visited Fidel Castro, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, in Havana, a source with the Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) confirmed. The two leaders had a two-hour conversation in a sincere and friendly atmosphere on bilateral relations and other issues of common concern, the source added. Wu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), spoke highly of the China-Cuba relationship, according to a NPC press release. Bilateral relationship between China and Cuba is at its best time in history, Wu said, adding that China would strive to push its relations with Cuba to a new high by continuously expanding their friendly cooperation in various fields. Castro said Cuba closely follows China's economic and social development and feels proud when China scores new achievements. China's success is of special significance for Cuba and all the developing nations, he added. "The Cuban people, along with the Chinese people, will continue to support each other, work closely and intensify their cooperation with the aim to maintain world peace and realize common development," the press release quoted Castro as saying. On China's efforts to curb the global financial crisis, Wu said China is actively participating in international cooperation while striving to maintain a steady and relatively fast economic growth. He said developing countries should have a greater representation and a bigger say in endeavor to deal with the global financial crisis and reform the global financial system.
Wu arrived in Havana on Tuesday at the invitation of Ricardo Alarcon de Quesada, president of the Cuban National Assembly of People's Power (CNAPP). Cuba is the first leg of Wu's three-nation American tour, which will also take him to the Bahamas and the United States. China established diplomatic relations with Cuba on September 28, 1960. Cuba was the first Latin American country to have diplomatic ties with China. |
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