Chinese language President Xi Jinping held talks with President of the Republic of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi in Beijing on Friday.
Noting that the China-Suriname friendship has a protracted historical past and has stood the check of time, Xi stated Suriname was one of many first Caribbean nations to determine diplomatic ties with China, set up a strategic partnership with China and signal the Belt and Highway cooperation plan with China.
The 2 nations have at all times revered one another and handled one another as equals, changing into a mannequin of South-South cooperation, he stated, including that China is keen to work with Suriname to additional consolidate political mutual belief, strengthen financial and commerce cooperation, broaden cultural and people-to-people exchanges, step up worldwide coordination, and push for a better China-Suriname strategic cooperative partnership to raised profit the 2 peoples.
Xi harassed that China extremely appreciates Suriname’s friendship and its agency assist for China on points regarding China’s core pursuits and main issues. He added that China additionally firmly helps Suriname in safeguarding its nationwide sovereignty and independence and independently selecting a growth path suited to its nationwide circumstances.
China is keen to proceed to grasp and assist one another with Suriname, preserve high-level exchanges, enhance pleasant exchanges between varied departments, legislative our bodies and political events, and improve the change of expertise in governance, in accordance with Xi.
“China welcomes extra high-quality and distinctive Surinamese merchandise to enter the Chinese language market, and stands able to deepen cooperation with Suriname on joint Belt and Highway development, improve synergy of growth methods, and broaden cooperation on commerce, funding, agriculture, vitality, mining, infrastructure development and digital economic system to carry extra tangible advantages to the 2 peoples,” Xi stated.
Noting that Suriname is likely one of the nations with the most important variety of abroad Chinese language within the Caribbean and the primary nation within the Western Hemisphere to mark the Chinese language New Yr as an official vacation, Xi stated the 2 sides ought to proceed to encourage cultural and people-to-people exchanges, facilitate personnel exchanges, and collectively construct Confucius Institutes.
The 2 nations ought to strengthen sub-national cooperation and continuously enrich the content material of bilateral exchanges and cooperation, he added.
Xi stated China is able to work with Suriname and different growing nations to strengthen multilateral coordination, solidarity and cooperation, safeguard frequent pursuits, obtain frequent growth and promote the constructing of a neighborhood with a shared future for humanity.
China attaches significance to growing relations with Caribbean nations, helps Caribbean nations in looking for prosperity and growth and bettering folks’s well-being, and stands able to proceed to supply help inside its capability for the financial and social growth of nations within the area, Xi stated.
