Xi Jinping held a ceremony to welcome the President of Honduras to visit China Square | China | Xi Jinping
On the afternoon of the 12th, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a ceremony in the square outside the East Gate of the Great Hall of the people to welcome President Elias Theomara Castro Sarmiento of the Republic of Honduras for a state visit to China.
Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, and State Councilor Qin Gang attended the welcome ceremony.
Accompanying Castro's visit to China were the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the President's Personal Secretary, and the Chairman of the Congressional Foreign Affairs Committee.
The military band played the national anthems of Hong and China, and fired 21 salutes.
Accompanied by Xi Jinping, Castro reviewed the guard of honor of the Chinese people's Liberation Army.
The two heads of state returned to the reviewing stand to watch the parade of the honor guard.
Subsequently, the military band carried out a marching performance.
Castro is on a state visit to China at the invitation of Xi Jinping.