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Guyana delegation to meet visiting Chinese President in T&T
China’s President Xi Jinping is set to meet with Guyana government officials during a tour of the region which begins today.
According to the Prensa Latina news, quoting a statement of the Chinese government, the week-long visit to the region is to strengthen Chinese relations in the region.
China’s President, Xi Jinping
This is the Chinese president’s first visit to Latin America since he assumed power in March. The visit includes Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico. The programme will end in the United States, where Xi Jinping will hold a meeting with President Barack Obama.
Xi will visit Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from today to June 6 before heading to California to meet Obama on June 7 and 8.
The Xinhua news agency reports that political trust between China and Latin America has helped to promote cooperation in the spheres of economy, trade, science and technology, as well as culture and education, and it opens new perspectives for developing integrated relations.
In the last decade, bilateral trade between China and Latin America doubled last year, reaching US$261.2B, a swift growth that has fostered development in both countries, said Xinhua.
This is the first time that a Chinese President will visit Trinidad and Tobago. During his visit the President will hold meetings with regional authorities from Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Bahamas, Jamaica, Guyana, Suriname and Barbados.
China has become one of Guyana’s main lenders with a number of large scale projects in the works. These include the Amaila Falls hydro project and the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
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