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China sends senior Communist Party envoy on G77 mission to Cuba

  • Politburo member Li Xi calls on the gathering of developing countries to resist ‘cold war’ thinking
  • Meeting comes in the countdown to the annual UN General Assembly session

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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel (right) welcomes Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member Li Xi to the G77+China, meeting in Havana. Photo: AFP
Sylvie Zhuangin Beijing

China has sent its most senior official in recent years to a gathering of the Group of 77 as Beijing presses ahead with its bid to have a bigger say in global institutions.

Li Xi, the Communist Party’s seventh-ranked member and the chief of the top corruption watchdog, is attending the two-day meeting of the G77 Plus China in the Cuban capital Havana, which started on Friday.
Li said China wanted to work with developing countries to make global governance fairer, as “certain countries” imposed unilateral sanctions and jeopardised the interests of the Global South.

“[We should] adhere to the original intention of being independent, self-reliant and uniting for our own strength, uphold common values for all humanity, and firmly [stand] against group confrontation and a cold war mentality,” state news agency Xinhua quoted Li as saying.

“[We should] actively and resoundingly speak up in important international platforms to preside fairness and promote the UN agendas aligning with developing countries’ development interest, and urge developed countries to fulfil their development aid commitments and expand the voice and representation of developing countries.”

The G77 is a group of more than 130 countries within the United Nations formed to promote the economic interests of developing nations.

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