Key facts
- Wang Yi said China will support Cuba 'no matter how circumstances evolve,' per Xinhua.
- Wang asked Cuba's foreign minister to convey Xi Jinping's greetings to Raul Castro and Miguel Diaz-Canel.
- Wang said China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Cuba in multilateral affairs.
- Wang said the two countries should jointly oppose power politics and unilateral actions, per the official summary.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Cuban counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday that China will firmly support Cuba in safeguarding national sovereignty and in opposing sanctions, blockades and external interference "no matter how circumstances evolve," China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
"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. The report did not name the Cuban foreign minister.