Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Visits Cuban Revolutionary Leader Fidel Castro

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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has visited Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in Havana on Sunday and the two have exchanged views on bilateral ties, world peace, regional hot-spot issues, food security and other issues of common concern. Li first conveys the cordial greetings and good wishes of President Xi Jinping, and of other Chinese leaders and the Chinese people to Fidel Castro and extends congratulations on his 90th birthday. Chinese President Xi Jinping, during his state visit to Cuba in 2014, met and held an in-depth discussion with Fidel Castro. The Chinese premier says during his meeting with the Cuban revolutionary leader that China cherishes very much the traditional friendship with Cuba, and is willing to consolidate political mutual trust and expand cooperation with Cuba, and to enhance the friendly feelings between the two peoples. While noting the world's political and economic landscape is currently experiencing complicated and profound changes, with old and new issues intertwined with one another and challenges emerging one after another, Li says, the China-Cuba relationship of comrades plus brothers will not change on mutual respect, equality and solidarity. Fidel Castro, on his part, has congratulated the Chinese premier on his successful visit to Cuba, saying Cuba and China do enjoy a profound friendship. While noting that great changes have taken place in China since the two countries established diplomatic relations over 50 years ago, Fidel Castro says he is pleased to see the development China has achieved, and expresses his admiration for the Chinese people about their diligence and unyielding spirit. Describing the current world situations as complicated and ever changing, Fidel Castro says that Cuba is willing to work with China to safeguard world peace and increase cooperation and communication. The Chinese premier is in Havana as the guest of the President of the Cuban Council of State and Council of Ministers, Raul Castro. His trip to Havana is the first official visit to the Caribbean country by a Chinese premier since the two countries established diplomatic ties 56 years ago. Referring to his meeting with Raul Castro on Saturday as fruitful, Li said the two countries have signed a series of cooperation agreements covering a wide range of fields. Li said he and Raul Castro agree to inherit and carry forward the China-Cuba friendship, deepen pragmatic cooperation, focus on national development, support each other in taking a development path compatible with its own national conditions, and achieve common prosperity. China is willing to work with Cuba to strengthen strategic communication and enhance coordination, so that the China-Cuba friendship and cooperation can not only benefit the two peoples, but also make contributions to world peace and development and the cause of human progress, the premier said. On Colombia's peace process agreement, which was poised to be officially signed soon, Li hailed the crucial role Cuba has played in relevant process, adding that China highly praises Cuba for its act of shouldering international responsibility. Concerning agriculture, Fidel Castro said Cuba attaches great importance to agricultural production, its sugar industry is very well-developed, and the country's grain production can meet its domestic demand, adding that Cuba is making more efforts to learn advanced agricultural technology from other countries and conduct more cooperation. Fidel Castro said they have specially noticed that productivity can be improved through enhancing education for young people. The revolutionary leader also expressed hopes that Cuba could increase communication with China in agricultural modernization and achieve win-win cooperation in this field. More on: http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20160927/8033087.shtml#!language=1 Subscribe us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CCTVPlus CCTV+ official website: http://www.cctvplus.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cctv-news-content Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewsContent.CCTVPLUS Twitter: https://twitter.com/CCTV_Plus