"It is a pleasure to receive you at the Palace of the Revolution," assured the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, to Commissar General Wang Xiaohong, State Councilor and Minister of Public Security of China.
When we talk to our Chinese friends, he said, we assure them that their visits confirm the excellent state of our bilateral relations in the political, diplomatic, economic-commercial and social fields.
And that, he said, has much to do with "the historic relations of friendship that exist between our peoples, governments and parties, which were founded by the friendship between Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro Ruz and the leader of the Asian nation, Mao Tse Tung, and have been continued over the years by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz and the Chinese leaders.
The Cuban leader also commented on these ties, which have been strengthened in the current context, and underscored how "at the present time, ties are being consolidated on the basis of the consensus reached in the meetings we have been able to hold with our friend, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the Republic, Xi Jinping."
Díaz-Canel sent affectionate greetings to his Chinese counterpart, while expressing his admiration for the leadership achieved at the international level, both by President Xi Jinping himself and by China.
He commented on the follow-up given from Cuba to the proposals made by that sister nation to the international community, to implement "global initiatives that express the will to defend peace in the world, multilateralism, equality among nations and peoples, the opening of possibilities for all, and complementarity, while rejecting hegemonism, and unilateral policies, sanctions and coercion."
His visit is also an expression, he said, of support for the confrontation of the policies of cultural colonization, hegemony and subversion that the empire exercises over our nations.
In a special way, the dignitary thanked his interlocutor for "the support given to the systematic, stable cooperation between the Ministries of Public Security of both countries, in addressing issues that are of mutual interest and to face common challenges, including the challenges imposed on us to enhance cybersecurity."
In the dialogue, among other representatives of both countries, were the member of the Political Bureau and Minister of the Interior, Major General Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, and the Chinese Ambassador to Cuba, Hua Xin.
