China firmly backs Cuba in safeguarding rights, interests: Chinese FM

BEIJING, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla in Beijing on Wednesday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that the world is facing unprecedented changes in a century, and no matter how the situation evolves, China will firmly support Cuba in safeguarding its national sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests, and in opposing sanctions, blockades and external interference.