Xi Jinping Meets with Barbados Prime Minister Motley Xi Jinping
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 27. On the afternoon of June 27, President Xi Jinping met in the Great Hall of the People with Barbados Prime Minister Motley who was on an official visit to China.
Although China and Pakistan are far apart from each other, they share the same aspirations and work together, and their bilateral relations continue to deepen and develop. China is promoting Chinese path to modernization with high-quality development, which will bring new opportunities for Barbados' development and China Pakistan cooperation. Pakistan is welcome to take the "fast train" of China's development and build a closer China Pakistan community of common destiny with China.
China continues to support the Pakistani side in safeguarding national sovereignty and independence, independently choosing the path of development, and is willing to closely engage with the Pakistani government, legislative bodies, and political parties to strengthen exchanges of governance experience. As developing countries, China and Pakistan share many common languages in the field of development and have great potential for cooperation. The two sides should expand practical cooperation and take the opportunity of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" to expand cooperation in infrastructure construction, digital economy, climate change, new energy, agriculture, health care and other areas. The Chinese side supports Chinese enterprises to cooperate in Barbados. Both sides also need to maintain close cultural exchanges and expand personnel exchanges.
China fully understands the demands of small island developing countries such as Barbados in the field of climate change, and is willing to continue to strengthen South South cooperation in addressing climate change, providing assistance and support to developing countries including Barbados. China attaches great importance to its relations with the Caribbean from a strategic and long-term perspective, and will continue to provide assistance to the economic and social development of Canada to the best of its ability.
Motley said that I deeply feel the unity and friendship between Pakistan and China through this visit. We thank the Chinese side for providing valuable help to Pakistan in coping with the COVID-19 epidemic and its economic and social development.The Pakistani side firmly supports the One China principle, highly identifies with China's philosophy, is willing to learn from and learn from China's experience, and actively participates in the implementation of global development initiatives, global security initiatives, and global civilization initiatives. The Pakistani side hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in addressing climate change, water resources, the digital divide, healthcare, and other areas. The Pakistani side adheres to multilateralism, opposes decoupling and disconnection, and is willing to continue promoting the development of Caribbean China relations.
Wang Yi attended the meeting.