Xi Jinping Calls To Congratulate Dias Canel

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 20. On April 19, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the State, called Diaz Canel to congratulate him on his election as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Xi Jinping said in the congratulatory message that he was pleased to learn that you were elected as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party at the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. On behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and in my own name, I would like to express to you and through you to the new Communist Party of Cuba. The central leadership collective of the session expressed warm congratulations.
The Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba drew a blueprint for the socialist cause of Cuba. Your election as the first secretary of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party reflects the trust and expectations of all the members of the Cuban Communist Party and the Cuban people. I believe that under your leadership, the Cuban party and government will lead the Cuban people in unity, forge ahead, and promote the cause of socialism with Cuban characteristics to continuously achieve new achievements.
Thanks to the meticulous cultivation and vigorous promotion of the leaders of the two parties and two countries, China-Cuba relations have been new and developed continuously. In recent years, you and I have reached many consensuses on the development of Sino-Cuban relations in the new era. Under the new situation, I would like to work with you to strengthen the political leadership of the relations between the two parties and the two countries, carry forward the traditional friendship, deepen exchanges and cooperation, and work together to promote the continuous development of the socialist cause of China and Cuba.
I wish you greater success in your new leadership position!