Xi Jinping expresses Raul his willingness to write together a new chapter of the Chinese-Cuban friendship

 

HAVANA, Cuba.- Granma newspaper publishes a letter sent by the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the People’s Republic of China to Army General Raul Castro, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, on the occasion of the successful celebration of the Extraordinary Session of the Ninth Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba.

Beijing, October 11, 2019

Comrade Raul Castro Ruz

First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba of the Republic of Cuba

Havana

Dear Comrade First Secretary:

Upon learning with pleasure about the successful celebration of the special session of the IX Legislature of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba under your leadership and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and the election of comrade Miguel Diaz-Canel as President of Cuba, I would like to express, on behalf of the Communist Party of China and the Chinese Government and people, our warm congratulations to the fraternal Communist Party of Cuba and to the Cuban Government and people.

I am pleased to send you my warm congratulations on your award with the Medal of Friendship of the People’s Republic of China. As one of the important founders of Sino-Cuban relations, you have been firmly dedicated to promoting friendship between the two nations. By attaching great importance to the development of Chinese-Cuban ties, I have a willingness to maintain close communication with you to write together a new chapter of Chinese-Cuban friendship in the new era.

I sincerely wish for the relentless progress of the Communist Party of Cuba, the prosperity of the Republic of Cuba and the eternal friendship between the two countries and parties.

 

Xi Jinping

Secretary General of the Communist Party of China Central Committee

President of the People’s Republic of China

 

Taken from Granma website