Roseau, Dominica: Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit arrived in Beijing, China on Saturday for an official go to to mark the 20 years of diplomatic relations between Dominica and the Folks’s Republic of China.
He was accompanied by Melissa Skerrit- Minister for Housing and City Improvement and shared glimpses of being welcomed in China. PM Skerrit mentioned that the official go to will have a good time the 20th 12 months of the institution of diplomatic relations between the 2 international locations.
“I’m accompanied by my spouse, Hon. Melissa Poponne-Skerrit, the Minister for Housing and City Improvement, and different senior authorities ministers, ”mentioned the prime minister.
The delegation of Dominica will keep for every week in China and take part in a number of conferences, enterprise talks, and planning to foster the bilateral ties between the 2 international locations. PM Skerrit will attend a sequence of occasions and meet with a number of diplomatic leaders to debate issues of concern associated to each China and Dominica.
He’ll meet with China’s President Xi Jinping and speak concerning the multilateral and cooperation issues of each international locations. The assembly is aimed toward enhancing collaboration and recalling the progress made by the nations in diplomatic affairs within the final 20 years.
Apart from this, the assembly may even happen between PM Skerrit and Li Qiang and the Chairman of the Nationwide Folks’s Congress Standing Committee, Zhao Leji.
Additional, the talks may even be held with high enterprise leaders to reinforce the alternatives for funding and commerce between China and Dominica. PM Roosevelt Skerrit will meet these leaders to reinforce the footprints of each nations within the enterprise world.
PM Skerrit may even attend the Boao Discussion board for Asia in South China’s Hainan Province and have a good time the 20 years. He mentioned,”My delegation and I may even maintain talks with high enterprise leaders and attend the Boao Discussion board for Asia in South China’s Hainan Province.”
Throughout this go to, the delegation of Dominica will signal a number of cooperation agreements, additional cementing the robust bilateral ties with the Folks’s Republic of China.
Forward of his official go to to China, PM Skerrit additionally participated in an unique interview during which he termed China “a real good friend” of Dominica. He mentioned,” China has been a real good friend of Dominica, and I might say an all-weather good friend.”
China- Dominica Ties
PM Skerrit mentioned that their robust recognition and adherence to the one-China precept is the centerpiece of the diplomatic relations between Dominica and China. He additionally talked about a number of tasks and initiatives that have been supported by China within the nation and mentioned that these steps have helped them.
Firstly, he talked concerning the Belt and Highway initiative which has opened up quite a few alternatives to supply technical, financing, and materials help to construct financial independence and to advance the social improvement of Dominica.
Underneath the initiative, PM Skerrit outlined, ”We now have been capable of see an growth of the cooperation in agriculture from China which is aiding us in our meals safety, and growing the contribution of agriculture to our gross home product.”
The prime minister added that the step has additionally helped Dominica to switch the expertise to our native farmers to be able to advance the agriculture enterprise and to see a greater return on the funding.
Citing the Dominica-China Friendship Hospital, PM Skerrit recalled the developments made within the well being sector and mentioned they’ve launched new applied sciences, tools and cooperation in respect to the cardiology division that has been created with the help of China.
Within the schooling sector, Dominica has had a number of people attending universities in China and attaining their levels. He famous that the majority of them have come again to the nation and are working in a number of fields similar to drugs, agriculture, structure, environmental research, worldwide relations research, and psychology.
“Each nation has the proper to find out their very own political system and I imagine that the system which exists in China has additionally contributed to China’s prosperity and the advance within the lifestyle of the Chinese language folks, ”mentioned the prime minister.
He pressured that the talks and engagements between the international locations may decide the peace and prosperity on this planet, even in instances of a number of world challenges.
Speaking about CELAC, the prime minister famous that Dominica has good relations with all of the international locations in CELAC. Dominica will proceed to function the bridge between CELAC and China and advance collaboration and cooperation.
“We additional trying ahead to deepening bilateral ties between Dominica and China, but additionally to help in us working collectively in handle the worldwide points and improve the peace and safety,” PM Skerrit added.
