China deepens Caribbean ties as Grenada sticks to one-China principle

PM Mitchell is first foreign leader to meet Xi Jinping in 2025 in Beijing

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China’s President Xi Jinping is making diplomatic waves in warm waters -- seven of Taiwan's remaining allies are in the Caribbean and Latin America.  © Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) -- China is ready to deepen its comprehensive cooperative partnership with Caribbean nations, President Xi Jinping said on Monday during a meeting in Beijing with Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell of Grenada, a one-time diplomatic ally of Taiwan.

China is willing to keep up assistance to regional countries to aid their economic and social development, the official news agency, Xinhua, cited Xi as saying.

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