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China backs Cuba in opposing sanctions, blockades; pledges 'firm support', Xinhua reports

Reuters

BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) - ‌China will firmly support Cuba in ​safeguarding national ‌sovereignty and in opposing ‌sanctions, blockades and external interference "no matter how circumstances ‌evolve," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Cuban counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday, ⁠China's state-run Xinhua news ‌agency said.

"China is ⁠willing to strengthen communication and ​coordination with Cuba in multilateral affairs, continue supporting ​and cooperating with each ​other ‌in multilateral forums, and jointly ​oppose power politics ⁠and unilateral actions," Wang ‌said, according ​to the ​official Chinese summary of the meeting.

Wang asked the Cuban foreign minister to convey Chinese ‌President Xi Jinping's cordial greetings to Raul Castro ‌and ​President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the summary showed.

(Reporting by Xiuhao Chen, Yukun Zhang and Ryan Woo; ‌Editing by Christian Schmollinger)