From: "Walter Lippmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:11:00 -0800 To: "CubaNews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jose Pertierra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CubaNews] China Vows to Continue Its Support for Cuba China Vows to Continue Its Support for Cuba BEIJING, March 1 (AFP) - China will continue its support for Cuba in its fight for national independence and the cause of socialist construction, China told Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque Thursday. Perez Roque, who is visiting Beijing this week, thanked the Chinese government for its continued support, adding that Cuba is pleased with the continuous development of relations with China, the official Xinhua news agency said. China also thanked Cuba for its firm support on issues including human rights and its fight for reunification with Taiwan, said Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen, who met with the Cuban foreign minister Thursday. Perez Roque also met with Chinese President Jiang Zemin Thursday but details of the meeting have not been revealed by state media. The two countries have close political and trade relations. They signed a military agreement, the details of which were not released, during a visit to the island by Chinese People's Liberation Army commander Fu Quanyou late last year. Perez Roque is on an official seven-day visit as a guest of Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan. Post comments to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send an email to subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this CubaNews group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
