The dictator described the commercial rapprochement with China as a “Christmas gift” and a “strategic move.” He mentioned that Xi Jinping invited him to visit China.
HAVANA TIMES – Daniel Ortega hailed the new trade agreement between China and Nicaragua, raising the level of diplomatic relations to that of a “strategic association,” as “the best Christmas present,” and “a great piece of news.” Ortega also declared that the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries is a “strategic” step that “frees us from any sanctions” (from the US or Europe).
“This is great news,” the ruler affirmed joyfully during the graduation ceremony of Police cadets, held at the Olof Palme Convention Center in Managua.
On December 19th, Ortega held a telephone meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, which finalized in an agreement to raise the level of diplomatic relations between the two countries to that of a “strategic association.”
In his address to the cadets, the dictator stressed that the achievement of a free trade agreement with China “is a strategic step, because it frees us from any sanction they could level on us, like the ones the sell-outs in the United States are demanding, insisting we be removed from the [CAFTA] trade accord.”
In contrast, according to Ortega, Nicaragua has relations with China “that have been developing in an exemplary manner.”
“Thank God, thank Christ, thanks to the Virgin, this is the best Christmas present the Nicaraguan people are receiving,” Ortega highlighted, holding