Q24N (EFE) China concluded an intense diplomatic week featuring visits from representatives of some of its closest Latin American allies, Brazil, Cuba and Venezuela, with which the good state of bilateral ties and alignment on the international board became clear.
“The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are an important part of the Global South and their collective rise is a natural consequence of the changes that have been taking place since the last century. China sincerely hopes that Latin American countries will adhere to unity, cooperation, independence and autonomy,” the head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, said this week.
The Vice President of Brazil, Geraldo Alckmin, and the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yván Gil, arrived in the Asian giant on Tuesday, while the Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez, landed a day later as a special emissary of the president of the island, Miguel Díaz-Canel.
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Brazil: closer relations, agreements and aid
Alckmin met in Beijing with the Chinese vice president, Han Zheng, to whom he highlighted the “global relevance” of the relations between their countries, committed to “strengthen communication and coordination with China” and advocated “elevating the bilateral relationship to new levels.” levels.
After the meeting, the leaders signed the minutes of the meeting and witnessed the signing of several cooperation agreements in areas such as bilateral investment, inspection and quarantine of agricultural products, cooperation in productive capacity, regulation of the insurance sector, supervision of securities and futures, and support for small and medium-sized businesses.
During his stay in the Asian giant, the Brazilian vice president also participated in the VII Plenary Session of the High Level Commission for Sino-Brazilian Coordination and Cooperation (COSBAN), where he highlighted this week that the bilateral trade volume jumped from 9 billion dollars in 2004 to 157 billion in 2023.
According to official data, China has been Brazil’s largest trading partner since 2008.
Alckmin also announced during his visit an investment of 100 million dollars from the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac in Brazil for the production of vaccines and the development of cell therapies and the signing of an agreement with the New Development Bank of the BRICS group to support the state. Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with 2.6 billion reais (491 million dollars, 451 million euros).
The amount will be used to rebuild roads, bridges and infrastructure in that state, recently devastated by devastating floods.
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China also wants to strengthen its ties with Venezuela, whose foreign minister met this week with his counterpart from the Asian giant, Wang Yi, who told him that his country will “unbreakably” develop ties with Venezuela from “a strategic height” and a “long-term” perspective. term”.
Bolivarian harmony
In September of last year, the presidents of both countries, Xi Jinping and Nicolás Maduro, agreed to elevate relations to the category of “all-proof, all-weather strategic partnership,” which has made ties “become clearer” and with “new driving forces,” Wang said.
The Chinese minister also assured that Beijing will oppose “any external interference or intimidating behavior against Venezuela” and advocated for this country to play “a more important role in the world, especially in Latin America.”
Also on the agenda of the Venezuelan chancellor was the evaluation of existing bilateral agreements in the areas of economy, health, mining and electrical energy, among other sectors.
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These days, China and Venezuela celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations between both countries, strengthened during the time of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez (1999-2013) and strengthened since his death until now.
The diplomatic activity was closed by China’s only communist ally in America, Cuba, whose Foreign Minister met with Vice Prime Minister He Lifeng and his counterpart, to whom he thanked the Asian country’s support for the island, which is going through a of the most serious economic crises in its history.
Faced with this scenario, Wang conveyed to the Cuban diplomat his country’s willingness to “convert high-level political trust into concrete actions, expanding cooperation and strengthening multilateral collaboration to address the challenges that Cuba currently faces.”
Without any important commercial announcements – at least public ones – Bruno Rodríguez’s meetings featured common slogans such as the Chinese rejection of the US embargo on Cuba and foreign interference or mutual support in the international arena.
Cuba and China, with diplomatic ties since 1960, maintain close political, economic and commercial relations, in which the Asian country stands out as one of the main allies of the communist island.
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