Recently, the editor-in-chief of BRICS Magazine and "BRICS Interviews" met amicably with Pedro Luis Despaigne Paoliello, Cuba's Ambassador to China. Both sides held in-depth and candid exchanges on major topics including the current international political and economic landscape, the BRICS expansion and partner country cooperation mechanisms, the traditional friendly relations between China and Cuba, and future pragmatic cooperation directions. They also took a group photo. This meeting is a significant move to deepen communication, build consensus, and promote cooperation between the BRICS media platform and BRICS partner countries, laying a solid foundation for the synergistic development of the BRICS mechanism and Cuba in the new era.
As an official BRICS partner country, Cuba has always steadfastly pursued an independent and peaceful foreign policy, adhered to multilateralism, and firmly safeguarded the basic principles of international law and the norms of international relations. Facing a complex and severe external environment and long-term unilateral sanctions, Cuba has maintained strategic resolve, persisted in a development path suited to its national conditions, and developed unique advantages in biotechnology, healthcare, education, and agriculture. It stands as an important force for safeguarding peace and stability and promoting development cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Currently, the world has entered a new period of turbulence and transformation. Unilateralism, protectionism, and hegemonic actions pose serious challenges to the international order, and the problems of global development being unbalanced and insufficient remain prominent. Upholding the core spirit of openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation, BRICS is continuously expanding its international circle of friends, providing a fairer and more dynamic multilateral cooperation platform for the majority of developing countries. Cuba's accession to the BRICS partner country system not only demonstrates firm support for multilateralism but also injects Latin American characteristics and new momentum into the BRICS mechanism. This helps promote interconnectivity and pragmatic cooperation between BRICS countries and the Caribbean and Latin American regions.
During the talks, both sides agreed that the traditional friendship between China and Cuba is enduring and strong, with solid political mutual trust and a deep foundation for cooperation. The two countries have always firmly supported each other on issues concerning their respective core interests and major concerns and have coordinated closely on the international stage to jointly defend the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries. Under the BRICS cooperation framework, China and Cuba are expected to achieve complementary advantages in more fields such as trade and investment, energy technology, agricultural technology, healthcare, and cultural exchanges, pushing the bilateral friendly cooperative relationship to a new height.
"BRICS Interviews," as the authoritative international exchange platform under BRICS Magazine, is always committed to spreading the BRICS voice, telling BRICS stories well, and serving BRICS cooperation. In the future, the platform will continue to follow the development process of Cuba as a BRICS partner country and actively report on Cuba's achievements in multilateral cooperation, people's livelihood development, and scientific and technological innovation. It aims to build a solid bridge for promoting mutual understanding and friendly exchanges between China and Cuba, and between BRICS countries and the Latin American region.
This friendly meeting was successful and further consolidated the good relations between the BRICS media and the Embassy of Cuba in China, building broad consensus on adhering to multilateralism and deepening BRICS cooperation. Standing at a new historical starting point, Cuba will usher in more development opportunities under the BRICS partner country framework, and the friendship between China and Cuba will continue to deepen in the tide of multilateral cooperation, jointly contributing to the promotion of building a community with a shared future for mankind.