havana/China continues to support the Cuban regime and the extremely fragile situation in which the country was left after the cyclones Oscar and Rafael “deployed”, according to Grannynew aid package from Beijing. The order comes from Xi Jinping himselfwho is “very concerned” about the scene and “pays close attention” to what is happening on the Island.
Liu Jufeng, vice president of China’s National Agency for International Development Cooperation, traveled to Havana specifically to offer Miguel Díaz-Canel Xi’s “blessings” and the news of his economic support. However, neither the Chinese nor Cuban sides have said a word about the “round of measures” to benefit the country or how much “emergency aid” will be.
“President Xi Jinping has a very complicated internal and external agenda, but he closely follows Chinese-Cuban cooperation; and in Kazan – at the recent Brics summit – he spoke with Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla,” Liu told Díaz-Canel. The president thanked Beijing for “providing very tough solutions to the regime in relatively short terms,” especially in the food and energy sector.
With each delegation from the Chinese government, ‘Granma’ ensures, a legion of experts will arrive to assess the country’s situation.
With each delegation from the Chinese government, it is certain Grannya legion of experts are coming to assess the country’s situation in several key sectors. The experts then return to China and document the “needs” of the Island, so that the Xi Government invests in “cooperation.”
In addition to Díaz-Canel, Lou met with Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas – who continues to lead the way in economic relations with Russia, China and the Arab countries; Minister of Energy and Mines, Vicente de la O Levy; Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga; and the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
last month, report of the Financial Times He emphasized that between Cuba and China, although economic relations seem to be at a standstill, political relations still have good health. The aid announced by Beijing this Friday is part of the dynamic between the two countries, marked by the delivery of “emergency” funds and subsequent debt.
Currently, the British media said that Cuba owes hundreds of millions of dollars to Chinese companies such as Huawei or Yutong.
Cuba owes Chinese companies such as Huawei or Yutong hundreds of millions of dollars
It is a sign of Beijing’s trust in its Caribbean alliance to suspend it, according to Financial Timesof a contract to import 400,000 tonnes of sugar per year from the Island The reason: the system is unable to reform its market to allow it to keep up with the output that China ask for
The press quoted a former professor of Economics at the University of Havana, who assured that Chinese investments in Cuba are almost non-existent and “the biggest thing has been trade credits, commercial.”
Debt is another special aspect of the relationship. According to a study by Martin NewsIn 2010, Beijing restructured Cuba’s debt – thousands of dollars – and gave the island more credits because it had confidence in Raúl Castro’s “reforms”. In 2014 they provided interest-free loans to build a port in Santiago de Cuba and canceled the debt again.
That year, Xi Jinping visited Cuba and met not only Raúl Castro, but his brother Fidel, who died two years later. In 2016, China implemented a protocol to forgive Cuba’s debt. By then, Beijing had already made it a habit not to tell him what was in Havana.
2019 marks the inclusion of Cuba in China’s ways to achieve its international economic expansion. In 2022, Xi gave Díaz-Canel $100 million in credits during the president’s visit to Beijing. The Chinese president then asked Cuba to help him “regardless of the debt.” Last year another 100 million dollars was given to the Island and this year it has continued its “cooperation” record.
China and Russia have come to Cuba’s rescue after hurricanes Oscar and Rafael hit
China and Russia have come to Cuba’s rescue after hurricanes Oscar and Rafael hit. In addition to financial support, both countries have sent senior officials to personally verify the situation.
In the last few weeks, not only the Minister for Civil Protection, Emergencies and Elimination of the Consequences of Natural Disasters, Alexander Kurenkovbut an old acquaintance of the regime, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Dimitri Chernyshenko, who participated in Havana in a meeting of the Cuban-Russian Intergovernmental Commission for commercial cooperation.
The message from both officials was the same: “At the direction of our president Vladimir Putin, Russia is ready to provide emergency assistance to sister Cuba.”
