Wang Yi Holds Talks With Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez: China Firmly Supports Cuba in Opposing Sanctions, Blockades and External Interference
On November 11, 2026, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and China's minister of foreign affairs, held talks in Beijing with Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, special envoy of the Cuban party and government, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and Cuba's minister of foreign affairs. Rodriguez is on an official visit to China from November 10 to 13, and the talks were the centerpiece of the visit.
Wang Yi asked Rodriguez to convey President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings to Raul Castro and Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. He said Cuba has upheld independence, safeguarded national dignity and explored a socialist path suited to its own conditions, showing a national spirit unafraid of power politics and winning wide respect from the international community. As the world undergoes changes unseen in a century, Wang said, no matter how the situation evolves, China will firmly support Cuba in safeguarding national sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests, and in opposing sanctions, blockades and external interference.
Wang said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, relations between the two parties and countries have kept developing and the traditional friendship has gained new vitality. China is ready to work with Cuba to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, consolidate and develop the friendly relationship, and build a closer China-Cuba community with a shared future. China is also ready to strengthen multilateral communication and coordination with Cuba, support and cooperate with each other on multilateral stages, jointly oppose power politics and unilateral acts, promote solidarity and self-strengthening of the Global South, and build a more just and reasonable global governance system.
Rodriguez conveyed the sincere greetings of Raul Castro and President Diaz-Canel to President Xi. He said China-Cuba relations are strategic and have always operated at a high level, and that China has always been a good partner in Cuba's socialist construction. Cuba thanked China for its valuable support for Cuba's national development, especially in opposing external blockades and interference, and said it firmly adheres to the one-China principle and opposes any external interference in China's internal affairs. Cuba supports the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity and the four global initiatives proposed by President Xi, and is ready to keep strengthening multilateral coordination with China.
Cuba's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment Perez-Oliva, among others, attended the talks.
Related: Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez on official visit to China from November 10 to 13
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：2026年11月11日，中国外交部长王毅在北京同古巴外交部长罗德里格斯会谈。中国外交部发布。 / Photo: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in Beijing on November 11, 2026. Released by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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