Xi calls for advancing ties with Grenada

President Xi Jinping shakes hands with visiting Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell during their meeting in Beijing on Monday. WANG ZHUANGFEI/CHINA DAILY

President Xi Jinping called on Monday for China and Grenada to draw up a new blueprint for the long-term and high-level development of bilateral ties, after Beijing's relations with the Caribbean island country had developed successfully over the last two decades.

Xi made the remarks when meeting with Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell, his first foreign guest in the new year. Mitchell arrived in Beijing on Saturday for a seven-day official visit, which will also take him to Zhejiang province and Shanghai.

Grenada, located in the eastern Caribbean Sea with an area of 344 square kilometers and a population of about 110,000, resumed diplomatic relations with China in 2005.

In recent years, China-Grenada relations have developed steadily, with the two sides consolidating political mutual trust and achieving fruitful results in practical cooperation in areas such as trade and the economy, as well as education and agriculture.

The two countries signed a memorandum of understanding on joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative in 2018. According to statistics from Chinese Customs, bilateral trade in 2023 exceeded $24 million, up 13.1 percent year-on-year.

President Xi Jinping meets with Prime Minister of Grenada Dickon Mitchell, who is on an official visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Jan 13, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

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