The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi promised this Wednesday in Beijing that China will support Cuba in defending its sovereignty and opposing sanctions and external interference "regardless of how circumstances evolve", as reported by the state agency Xinhua following the meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
Rodríguez is in China from November 10 to 13 as a special envoy of the Communist Party and the Cuban Government, marking his second visit to Beijing this year.
During the meeting, Wang Yi stated that China is willing to "strengthen communication and coordination with Cuba on multilateral issues, continue to support and cooperate with each other in multilateral forums, and jointly oppose power politics and unilateral actions."
The head of Chinese diplomacy also asked Rodríguez to convey the greetings of President Xi Jinping to Raúl Castro and President Miguel Díaz-Canel, according to the official summary of the meeting released by Xinhua.
Rodríguez described the conversations as "fruitful" in his social media posts and expressed gratitude for "the constant support and solidarity of the Party, the Government, and the Chinese People, particularly regarding the energy matrix change in the current context of the fuel blockade by the US government."
In addition to Wang Yi, the Cuban chancellor met with Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China; with Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the party; and with Chen Xiaodong, president of the International Development Cooperation Agency.
The visit occurs at a time of heightened bilateral tension with Washington. Just six days prior, the State Department sanctioned two Chinese state-owned companies — CEIEC and Beijing H&C Technologies — for supplying surveillance technology and military components to the Cuban Ministry of the Armed Forces through the entity Duna S.A., under Executive Order 14404 signed by Trump in May 2026.
Beijing rejected these sanctions and labeled them as an attempt to “sabotage” the bilateral China-Cuba cooperation, promising “all necessary measures” to protect the interests of its companies.
Chinese political support arrives as Cuba endures its worst energy crisis of the year: available generation barely meets 38% of demand, blackouts exceed 20 hours daily in some areas, and the electrical grid has collapsed at least eight times in 2026.
The accumulated concrete support from Beijing includes 80 million dollars in emergency aid approved by Xi in January, 60,000 tons of rice, photovoltaic systems, and 49 solar parks with a combined capacity of 120 MW, but China has not committed to direct oil supply or formal renegotiation of bilateral debt.
Rodríguez summarized the tone of the tour by highlighting "the solid and strategic ties that exist between both parties, governments, and peoples, which have become evident in the current context our country faces," although the visit did not result in announcements of new concrete economic commitments.
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