Xi Jinping Met with Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne

August 27, 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing met with the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Browne.
Xi Jin-ping stressed that Antigua and Barbuda firmly supported China on many major issues. China was willing to have such a good friend, Antigua and Barbuda. At present, the bilateral relations had developed smoothly and cooperated in various fields, continuously made new progress. Browne had signed a number of cooperation documents with China during his visit to China. That the two sides should focus on promoting infrastructure construction, new energy and other areas of cooperation, expand educational and cultural exchanges, support for young students exchanges, deepen mutual understanding. China and Antigua and Barbuda both were developing countries, they should share broad common language, continue to support each other, in close coordination, increase the representation and voice of developing countries, safeguard developing countries mutual benefit on major issues of United Nations reform, climate change, sustainable development.
Xi pointed out last month, they attended the first meeting between the leaders of Latin America in Brazil, Latin America had witnessed the establishment of a comprehensive partnership with China - the establishment of the SADC Forum. Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean and Latin American was a regional integration pioneer, as the rotating presidency of the Caribbean Community, a lot of work to this end, they expressed their appreciation. China was willing to work together security and building Latin America forum to promote Sino-Canadian relations, Latin America overall cooperation for new achievements.
Browne said that Antigua and Barbuda and China's national conditions were varied widely, but in equality and mutual benefit between the two countries, mutual respect and the development of a solid friendship and cooperation, based on the security relationship was a model of the relationship between the size of the country. Antigua and Barbuda for the valuable support and assistance provided by China would unswervingly pursue the friendly policy towards China on issues concerning China's core interests and major concerns continue to firmly support the Chinese side hopes to expand cooperation with China to promote economic development and people's livelihood of Antigua and Barbuda improve. Antigua and Barbuda supported China in international multilateral affairs positions and ideas, was willing to maintain communication and coordination with China. Antigua and Barbuda believed that the first meeting of the leaders of Latin America was very successful, the establishment of the forum would push Latin America cooperation, boosting national development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Antigua and Barbuda hoped to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China within the framework of the forum, to promote Latvia, Canada-China relations contribute to the development.