China aims to deepen Caribbean ties, Grenada affirms one-China principle

BEIJING — China is ready to deepen its comprehensive cooperative partnership with Caribbean nations, President Xi Jinping said today during a meeting in Beijing with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell of Grenada, a one-time diplomatic ally of Taiwan.

China is willing to keep up assistance to regional countries to aid their economic and social development, the official news agency, Xinhua, cited Xi as saying. Grenada has benefited greatly from ties with China and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with the Asian giant, it quoted Mitchell as saying at the meeting. “Both sides should … draw a new blueprint for the long-term and high-level development of bilateral relations,” Xi said, adding that two-way ties had developed successfully over the last two decades. Mitchell said Grenada firmly adhered to the one-China principle and called for its sovereignty and territorial integrity to be respected, Xinhua added.

Grenada has benefited greatly from ties with China and looks forward to strengthening cooperation with the Asian giant, it quoted Mitchell as saying at the meeting. “Both sides should … draw a new blueprint for the long-term and high-level development of bilateral relations,” Xi said, adding that two-way ties had developed successfully over the last two decades. Mitchell said Grenada firmly adhered to the one-China principle and called for its sovereignty and territorial integrity to be respected, Xinhua added. Mitchell, the first foreign leader Xi has met this year in Beijing, was on an official week-long visit to China from Saturday.